olifant
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English olifaunt, from Old French oliphaunt, from Latin elephantus. See elephant.
Noun edit
olifant (plural olifants)
- (obsolete) An elephant.
- (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[.]
Translations edit
References edit
- oliphant (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “olifant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch olifant, from Middle Dutch olifant, from Old French olifant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
olifant (plural olifante)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch olifant, from Old French olifant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
olifant m (plural olifanten, diminutive olifantje n)
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Descendants edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French olifan (literally “elephant”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
olifant m (plural olifants)
- 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.
Further reading edit
- “olifant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
olifant (plural olifants)
- elephant
- ivory
- elephant tusk
- musical instrument made of elephant tusks
- musical instrument resembling elephant tusks
Descendants edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
olifant m (definite singular olifanten, indefinite plural olifanter, definite plural olifantene)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
olifant m (definite singular olifanten, indefinite plural olifantar, definite plural olifantane)
Old French edit
Noun edit
olifant oblique singular, m (oblique plural olifanz or olifantz, nominative singular olifanz or olifantz, nominative plural olifant)
- Alternative form of olifan
Vilamovian edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
olifant m (plural olifanta)