elefant

See also: Elefant, elefánt, and elefãnt

Albanian

Noun

elefant ?

1. elephant

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin elephas.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ə.ləˈfant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ə.ləˈfan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /e.leˈfant/

• Audio (Valencian)

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Noun

elefant m (plural elefants, feminine elefanta)

1. elephant

Derived terms

• elefant marí
• elefantí

Further reading

• “elefant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Etymology

Via Latin elephantus from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās); replaced Old Danish fil (“elephant”), Old Norse fíll (cf. older Danish filsben (“ivory”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛləˈfanˀd̥/, [eləˈfænˀd̥], [ell̩ˈfænˀt]

Noun

elefant c (singular definite elefanten, plural indefinite elefanter)

1. elephant

Inflection

Declension of elefant

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	elefant	elefanten	elefanter	elefanterne
genitive	elefants	elefantens	elefanters	elefanternes

References

• “elefant” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “elefant” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Friulian

Noun

elefant m

1. elephant

Lombard

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eleˈfãːt/

Noun

elefant m

1. elephant

Further reading

• The entry "elefant" at the Lombard edition of Wiktionary

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Elefant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛlɛˈfant/

Noun

elefant m

1. elephant

Declension

Declension of elefant

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	elefant	elefanta	elefanty
Genitive	elefanta	elefantowu	elefantow
Dative	elefantoju	elefantoma	elefantam
Accusative	elefanta	elefantowu	elefanty, elefantow
Instrumental	elefantom	elefantoma	elefantami
Locative	elefanśe	elefantoma	elefantach

Synonyms

• słon (literary)

Derived terms

• elefantowy

Further reading

• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “elefant”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).

Noun

elefant m (definite singular elefanten, indefinite plural elefanter, definite plural elefantene)

1. elephant

References

• “elefant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).

Noun

elefant m (definite singular elefanten, indefinite plural elefantar, definite plural elefantane)

1. elephant

References

• “elefant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eleˈfan(t)]

• Audio (Béarn)

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Noun

elefant m (plural elefants)

1. elephant

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eleˈfaŋt/

Noun

elefant m

1. elephant

Romanian

Elefant

Etymology

Borrowed from French éléphant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eleˈfant/
• Hyphenation: e‧le‧fant

Noun

elefant m (plural elefanți)

1. elephant (mammal)

Declension

Declension of elefant

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) elefant	elefantul	(niște) elefanți	elefanții
genitive/dative	(unui) elefant	elefantului	(unor) elefanți	elefanților
vocative	elefantule		elefanților

Further reading

• elefant in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās), ἐλέφαντος (eléphantos).

Noun

elefant m (plural elefants)

1. elephant

Swedish

elefant
African Forest Elephant

Noun

elefant c

1. an elephant

   smidig som en elefant i en porslinsbutik

   as agile as an elephant in a porcelain shop

Declension

Declension of elefant
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	elefant	elefanten	elefanter	elefanterna
Genitive	elefants	elefantens	elefanters	elefanternas

Further reading

• elefant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (14th ed., online)