elefante
See also: Elefante
Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin elephantem, accusative of elephans, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Cognates include Spanish elefante and Portuguese elefante.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]elefante m (plural elefantes)
- elephant (mammal)
Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit](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
[edit]Noun
[edit]elefante anim
Declension
[edit]| 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 | — | — |
Further reading
[edit]- “elefante”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “elefante”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish elefante.
Noun
[edit]elefante
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- elepante (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish elefante.
Noun
[edit]elefante
Corsican
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin elephantem, accusative of elephas, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Cognates include Italian elefante and Spanish elefante.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]elefante m (plural elefanti)
References
[edit]- “elefante, elefente” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
From Old Galician-Portuguese elefante, borrowed from Latin elephās, elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta, feminine plural elefantas)
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “elefante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “elefante”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “elefante”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- “elefante”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin elephantem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]elefante m (plural elefanti, feminine elefantessa)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- elefante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Further reading
[edit]
elefante on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]elefante
Old Galician-Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- alefante, alifãt, alifant, alifante, allifante, allyfante, alyfante, elephante, elifante, ellefante, ellifãte, elyfante, helifante
Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin elephās, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās), possibly borrowed from Egyptian ꜣbw, from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-. First attested in the 14th century.
Noun
[edit]elefante m (plural elefantes)
- elephant
- 1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, chapter 121, in Cronica Troiana [Trojan Chronicle], translation of Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, page 42:
- Et auja hũ caſtelete en çima todo encoyrado de coyro de alifãt. ⁊ era laũado p̃ g̃rã maeſtria ⁊ pintado moy ben.
- And there was a castlet on it, covered with elephant hide and skillfully adorned and very well painted.
- (pathology, uncountable) elephantiasis
Descendants
[edit]- Fala: elefanti
- Galician: elefante, alefante
- Portuguese: elefante, elephante, elephãte (obsolete)
- Papiamentu: elefante
References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “+l@fante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “[ael[eiy]fante]”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (2020–2025) “elefante”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
Portuguese
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
From Old Galician-Portuguese elefante, elifante, borrowed from Latin elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”). Doublet of olifante.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta or aliá, feminine plural elefantas or aliás)
- elephant (any mammal of the order Proboscidea)
- (figurative, derogatory) landwhale (an obese person)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gordo
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Papiamentu: elefante
See also
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From various Old Spanish forms like elifant, alefant and eleofant, all ultimately from Latin elephantis, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /eleˈfante/ [e.leˈfãn̪.t̪e]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: e‧le‧fan‧te
Noun
[edit]elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta, feminine plural elefantas)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Basque: elefante
- → Chol: elefanti
- → Cebuano: elepante
- → Hiligaynon: elepante
- → Quechua: ilijanti
- → Tagalog: elepante
- → Waray-Waray: elepante
Further reading
[edit]- “elefante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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