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olifant

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English olifaunt, from Old French oliphaunt, from Latin elephantus. See elephant.

Noun

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olifant (plural olifants)

  1. (obsolete) An elephant.
  2. (historical) An ancient hunting horn, made of ivory.
    • 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 35, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 479:
      And he sang them the staves of the Olifant, the magic horn,—how Roland would not sound it in his pride, and sounded it at Turpin’s bidding, but too late[.]

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch olifant, from Middle Dutch olifant, from Old French olifant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʊə̯.liˌfant/
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Noun

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olifant (plural olifante)

  1. elephant

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch olifant, from Old French olifant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈoː.liˌfɑnt/
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  • Hyphenation: oli‧fant

Noun

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olifant m (plural olifanten, diminutive olifantje n)

  1. elephant

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: olifant
  • → Papiamentu: olefante, olifant

French

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un olifant

Etymology

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Inherited from Old French olifan (literally “elephant”).

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Noun

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olifant m (plural olifants)

  1. olifant (ivory horn)
    • 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 5, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
      Saskia ouvre les yeux et embouche son olifant pour sonner l’ouverture de la chasse à la manière médiévale.
      Saskia opens her eyes and raises her olifant to her lips to sound the start of the medieval hunt.

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Middle English

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Etymology

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Old French olifan

Noun

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olifant (plural olifants)

  1. elephant
  2. ivory
  3. elephant tusk
  4. musical instrument made of elephant tusks
  5. musical instrument resembling elephant tusks

Descendants

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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olifant m (definite singular olifanten, indefinite plural olifanter, definite plural olifantene)

  1. oliphaunt

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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olifant m (definite singular olifanten, indefinite plural olifantar, definite plural olifantane)

  1. oliphaunt

Old French

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Noun

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olifant oblique singular, m (oblique plural olifanz or olifantz, nominative singular olifanz or olifantz, nominative plural olifant)

  1. Alternative form of olifan

Vilamovian

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Noun

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olifant m (plural olifanta)

  1. elephant
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