elefant
AlbanianEdit
NounEdit
elefant ?
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ə.ləˈfant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ə.ləˈfan/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /e.leˈfant/
Audio (Valencian) (file)
NounEdit
elefant m (plural elefants, feminine elefanta)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “elefant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Via Latin elephantus from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās); replaced Old Danish fil (“elephant”), Old Norse fíll (cf. older Danish filsben (“ivory”)).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
elefant c (singular definite elefanten, plural indefinite elefanter)
InflectionEdit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | elefant | elefanten | elefanter | elefanterne |
genitive | elefants | elefantens | elefanters | elefanternes |
ReferencesEdit
FriulianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
elefant m
LombardEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
elefant m
Further readingEdit
Lower SorbianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from German Elefant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
elefant m
DeclensionEdit
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 |
SynonymsEdit
- słon (literary)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “elefant”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
elefant m (definite singular elefanten, indefinite plural elefanter, definite plural elefantene)
ReferencesEdit
- “elefant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).
NounEdit
elefant m (definite singular elefanten, indefinite plural elefantar, definite plural elefantane)
ReferencesEdit
- “elefant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
OccitanEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
elefant m (plural elefants)
PiedmonteseEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
elefant m
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French éléphant.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
elefant m (plural elefanți)
- elephant (mammal)
DeclensionEdit
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 readingEdit
- elefant in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
RomanschEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās), ἐλέφαντος (eléphantos).
NounEdit
elefant m (plural elefants)
SwedishEdit
African Forest Elephant
NounEdit
elefant c
- an elephant
- smidig som en elefant i en porslinsbutik
- as agile as an elephant in a porcelain shop
- smidig som en elefant i en porslinsbutik
DeclensionEdit
Declension of elefant | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | elefant | elefanten | elefanter | elefanterna |
Genitive | elefants | elefantens | elefanters | elefanternas |
Further readingEdit
- elefant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (14th ed., online)