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elefante

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Asturian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin elephantem, accusative of elephans, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Cognates include Spanish elefante and Portuguese elefante.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eleˈfante/, [e.leˈfãn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧fan‧te

Noun

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elefante m (plural elefantes)

  1. elephant (mammal)

Basque

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Spanish or directly from Latin?”)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /elefante/, [e̞.le̞.fãn̪.t̪e̞]
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Noun

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elefante anim

  1. elephant

Declension

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Declension of elefante (animate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive elefante elefantea elefanteak
ergative elefantek elefanteak elefanteek
dative elefanteri elefanteari elefanteei
genitive elefanteren elefantearen elefanteen
comitative elefanterekin elefantearekin elefanteekin
causative elefanterengatik elefantearengatik elefanteengatik
benefactive elefanterentzat elefantearentzat elefanteentzat
instrumental elefantez elefanteaz elefanteez
inessive elefanterengan elefantearengan elefanteengan
locative — — —
allative elefanterengana elefantearengana elefanteengana
terminative elefanterenganaino elefantearenganaino elefanteenganaino
directive elefanterenganantz elefantearenganantz elefanteenganantz
destinative elefanterenganako elefantearenganako elefanteenganako
ablative elefanterengandik elefantearengandik elefanteengandik
partitive elefanterik — —
prolative elefantetzat — —

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

Noun

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elefante

  1. elephant.

Classical Nahuatl

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

Noun

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elefante

  1. elephant

Corsican

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Un elefante.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin elephantem, accusative of elephas, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Cognates include Italian elefante and Spanish elefante.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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elefante m (plural elefanti)

  1. elephant

References

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Attested since the 14th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], borrowed from Latin elephās, elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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elefante m (plural elefantes)

  1. elephant

References

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “elifante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “elefante”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alyfante”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “elefante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “elefante” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “elefante” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin elephantem.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.leˈfan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧fàn‧te
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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elefante m (plural elefanti, feminine elefantessa)

  1. elephant

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Sicilian: lifanti (or inherited from Latin)

References

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  • elefante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Further reading

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Latin

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Noun

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elefante

  1. vocative singular of elefantus

Portuguese

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Elefante (Loxodonta africana)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese (h)elefante, elifante, borrowed from Latin elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta or aliá, feminine plural elefantas or aliás)

  1. elephant

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From various Old Spanish forms like elifant, alefant and eleofant, all ultimately from Latin elephantis, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eleˈfante/ [e.leˈfãn̪.t̪e]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: e‧le‧fan‧te

Noun

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elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta, feminine plural elefantas)

  1. elephant

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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