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elefant

See also: Elefant, elefánt, and elefãnt

Albanian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).

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elefant

  1. elephant

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin elephantem.

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elefant m (plural elefants, feminine elefanta)

  1. elephant

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Danish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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elefant c (singular definite elefanten, plural indefinite elefanter)

  1. elephant

Inflection

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Declension of elefant
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative elefant elefanten elefanter elefanterne
genitive elefants elefantens elefanters elefanternes

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Friulian

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Pronunciation

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elefant m

  1. elephant

Lombard

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elefant m

  1. elephant

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Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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elefant m anim

  1. elephant
    Synonym: (literary) słon

Declension

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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

Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).

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

  1. elephant

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).

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

  1. elephant

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Occitan

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elefant m (plural elefants)

  1. elephant

Piedmontese

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elefant m

  1. elephant

Romanian

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Elefant

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French éléphant.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.leˈfant/
  • Audio (female voice):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧fant

Noun

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elefant m (plural elefanți)

  1. elephant (mammal)

Declension

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Declension of elefant
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative elefant elefantul elefanți elefanții
genitive-dative elefant elefantului elefanți elefanților
vocative elefantule elefanților

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Romansch

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Etymology

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

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elefant m (plural elefants)

  1. elephant

Swedish

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en elefant som sträcker ut snabeln och en elefantunge [an elephant extending its trunk and a baby elephant]

Etymology

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Via Latin elephantus from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās); replaced Old Swedish fīl (“elephant”), Old Norse fíll.

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elefant c

  1. an elephant
    smidig som en elefant i en porslinsbutik
    as agile as an elephant in a porcelain shop

Declension

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Declension of elefant
nominative genitive
singular indefinite elefant elefants
definite elefanten elefantens
plural indefinite elefanter elefanters
definite elefanterna elefanternas

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