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elefante

See also: Elefante

Asturian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

elefante m (plural elefantes)

  1. elephant (mammal)

Basque edit

Etymology edit

(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 edit

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

Noun edit

elefante anim

  1. elephant

Declension edit

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 — —

Further reading edit

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

Central Huasteca Nahuatl edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

Noun edit

elefante

  1. elephant.

Classical Nahuatl edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

Noun edit

elefante

  1. elephant

Corsican edit

 
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Un elefante.

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

elefante m (plural elefanti)

  1. elephant

References edit

Galician edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

elefante m (plural elefantes)

  1. elephant

References edit

  • “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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin elephantem.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

elefante m (plural elefanti, feminine elefantessa)

  1. elephant

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • → Sicilian: lifanti (or inherited from Latin)

References edit

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

Further reading edit

Latin edit

Noun edit

elefante

  1. vocative singular of elefantus

Portuguese edit

 
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Elefante (Loxodonta africana)

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

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

  1. elephant

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

See also edit

Spanish edit

 
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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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

  1. elephant

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

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