elefante

See also: Elefante

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin elephantem, accusative of elephans, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Cognates include Spanish elefante and Portuguese elefante.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eleˈfante/, [e.leˈfãn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧fan‧te

Noun

elefante m (plural elefantes)

  1. elephant (mammal)

Basque

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Spanish or directly from Latin?”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /elefante/, [e̞.le̞.fãn̪.t̪e̞]
  • (file)

Noun

elefante anim

  1. elephant

Declension

Further reading

  • "elefante" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • elefante” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

Noun

elefante

  1. elephant.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

Noun

elefante

  1. elephant

Corsican

Un elefante.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin elephantem, accusative of elephas, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Cognates include Italian elefante and Spanish elefante.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eleˈfãnte/

Noun

elefante m (plural elefanti)

  1. elephant

References

Galician

Alternative forms

  • alefante

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], borrowed from Latin elephās, elephantis (elephant), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, elephant, ivory).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛleˈfante̝/

Noun

elefante m (plural elefantes)

  1. elephant

References

  • elifante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • elefante” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • alyfante” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • elefante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • elefante” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • elefante” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin elephantem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.leˈfan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧fàn‧te
  • (file)

Noun

elefante m (plural elefanti, feminine elefantessa)

  1. elephant

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Sicilian: lifanti (or inherited from Latin)

References

  • elefante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Further reading

Latin

Noun

elefante

  1. vocative singular of elefantus

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese (h)elefante, elifante, borrowed from Latin elephantis (elephant), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, elephant, ivory).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.leˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.leˈfɐ̃.te/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧fan‧te

Noun

elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta or aliá, feminine plural elefantas or aliás)

  1. elephant

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Spanish

Etymology

From various Old Spanish forms like elifant, alefant and eleofant, all ultimately from Latin elephantis, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eleˈfante/ [e.leˈfãn̪.t̪e]
  • Audio (Colonbia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: e‧le‧fan‧te

Noun

elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta, feminine plural elefantas)

  1. elephant

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

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