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elefante

See also: Elefante

Asturian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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elefante m (plural elefantes)

  1. elephant (mammal)

Basque

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Etymology

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(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

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  • IPA(key): /elefante/ [e.le.fãn̪.t̪e]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧fan‧te

Noun

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elefante anim

  1. elephant

Declension

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Declension of elefante (animate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive elefante elefantea elefanteak
ergative elefantek elefanteak elefanteek
dative elefanteri elefanteari elefanteei
genitive elefanteren elefantearen elefanteen
comitative elefanterekin elefantearekin elefanteekin
causative elefanterengatik elefantearengatik elefanteengatik
benefactive elefanterentzat elefantearentzat elefanteentzat
instrumental elefantez elefanteaz elefanteez
inessive elefanterengan elefantearengan elefanteengan
locative — — —
allative elefanterengana elefantearengana elefanteengana
terminative elefanterenganaino elefantearenganaino elefanteenganaino
directive elefanterenganantz elefantearenganantz elefanteenganantz
destinative elefanterenganako elefantearenganako elefanteenganako
ablative elefanterengandik elefantearengandik elefanteengandik
partitive elefanterik — —
prolative elefantetzat — —

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

Noun

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elefante

  1. elephant.

Classical Nahuatl

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

Noun

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elefante

  1. elephant

Corsican

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Un elefante.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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elefante m (plural elefanti)

  1. elephant

References

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-
    Egyptian ꜣbwbor.?
    Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās)bor.
    Old Galician-Portuguese elefante
    Galician elefante

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

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /eleˈfante/ [e.leˈfan̪.t̪ɪ]
    • Rhymes: -ante

    Noun

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

    1. elephant

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    Italian

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin elephantem.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

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    elefante m (plural elefanti, feminine elefantessa)

    1. elephant

    Derived terms

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    References

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

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    Latin

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    Noun

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    elefante

    1. vocative singular of elefantus

    Old Galician-Portuguese

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    Etymology

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      Learned borrowing from Latin elephās, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās), possibly borrowed from Egyptian ꜣbw, from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-. First attested in 1350.

      Noun

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      elefante m (plural elefantes)

      1. elephant
        • 1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, chapter 121, in Cronica Troiana [Trojan Chronicle], translation of Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, page 42:
          Et auja hũ caſtelete en çima todo encoyrado de coyro de alifãt. ⁊ era laũado p̃ g̃rã maeſtria ⁊ pintado moy ben.
          And there was a castlet on it, covered with elephant hide and skillfully adorned and very well painted.

      Descendants

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      Portuguese

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      Elefante (Loxodonta africana)

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      Etymology

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        Etymology tree
        Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-
        Egyptian ꜣbwbor.?
        Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās)bor.
        Old Galician-Portuguese elefante
        Portuguese elefante

        From Old Galician-Portuguese elefante, elifante, borrowed from Latin elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”). Doublet of olifante.

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

        1. elephant (any mammal of the order Proboscidea)
        2. (figurative, derogatory) landwhale (an obese person)
          Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gordo
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        Spanish

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        Etymology

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

        Pronunciation

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

        Noun

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

        1. elephant

        Derived terms

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        Descendants

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        Further reading

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