olifant
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English olifaunt, from Old French oliphaunt, from Latin elephantus. See elephant.
Noun
[edit]olifant (plural olifants)
- (historical) An ancient hunting horn, made of ivory.
- 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 35, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 479:
- And he sang them the staves of the Olifant, the magic horn,—how Roland would not sound it in his pride, and sounded it at Turpin’s bidding, but too late[.]
- (obsolete) An elephant.
- 1613, Thomas Heywood, The Brazen Age, […], London: […] Nicholas Okes, […], →OCLC, Act II, signature [C4], verso:
- She [Diana] hath ſent (to plague vs) a huge ſauadge Boare, / Of an vn-meaſured height and magnitude. / […] / His briſtles poynted like a range of pikes / Ranck't on his backe: his foame ſnovves vvhere he feeds / His tuskes are like the Indian Oliphants.
Translations
[edit]type of horn
References
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olifant (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “olifant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch olifant, from Middle Dutch olifant, from Old French olifant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]olifant (plural olifante)
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch olifant, from Old French olifant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]olifant m (plural olifanten, diminutive olifantje n)
Hypernyms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]French
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French olifan (literally “elephant”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]olifant m (plural olifants)
- olifant (ivory horn)
- 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 5, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
- Saskia ouvre les yeux et embouche son olifant pour sonner l’ouverture de la chasse à la manière médiévale.
- Saskia opens her eyes and raises her olifant to her lips to sound the start of the medieval hunt.
Further reading
[edit]- “olifant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]olifant (plural olifants)
- elephant
- ivory
- elephant tusk
- musical instrument made of elephant tusks
- musical instrument resembling elephant tusks
Descendants
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]olifant m (definite singular olifanten, indefinite plural olifanter, definite plural olifantene)
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]olifant m (definite singular olifanten, indefinite plural olifantar, definite plural olifantane)
Old French
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[edit]olifant oblique singular, m (oblique plural olifanz or olifantz, nominative singular olifanz or olifantz, nominative plural olifant)
- alternative form of olifan
Polish
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olifant
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French olifant.[1][2][3][4] First attested in 1872.[5]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]olifant m inan
- (historical) olifant (an ancient hunting horn, made of ivory)
Declension
[edit]Declension of olifant
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | olifant | olifanty |
| genitive | olifantu | olifantów |
| dative | olifantowi | olifantom |
| accusative | olifant | olifanty |
| instrumental | olifantem | olifantami |
| locative | olifancie | olifantach |
| vocative | olifancie | olifanty |
References
[edit]- ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “olifant”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Dubisz, Stanisław, editor (2003), “olifant”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal Dictionary of the Polish Language][1] (in Polish), volumes 1–4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN, →OCLC
- ^ Halina Zgółkowa, editor (1994–2005), “olifant”, in Praktyczny słownik współczesnej polszczyzny, volumes 1–50, Poznań: Wydawnictwo Kurpisz, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “olifant”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Czas (in Polish), volume 25, number 172, 31 July 1872, page 1
Further reading
[edit]- olifant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Vilamovian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]olifant m (plural olifanta)
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