elephant

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any member of the subfamily Elephantinae not also of the genera Mammuthus and Primelephas.
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Anything huge and ponderous.
4. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of elephant paper.
5. (British, childish, countable, uncountable) used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second
6. (obsolete, uncountable) Ivory.
7. (countable, uncountable) A xiangqi piece that is moved two points diagonally, may not jump over intervening pieces and may not cross the river.

Sinonieme

bishop

butterfly

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elephantine

hippopotamus

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ivory

oliphaunt

pachyderm

elephanta

elephanter

scintillation jamming

Vertalings

éléphant

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elefante

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Elefant

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elefante

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olifant

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elefante

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elefant

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elephantus

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ελέφαντας

fil

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فيل

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elephas

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elefant

elefanta

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɛlɪf(ə)nt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: elefant

Verwante met Tahaggart Tamahaq: êlu

Verwante met Tamasheq: alu

Verwante met Middle English: olifant

Verwante met Old English: elpend

In summary

From Middle English elefant, elefaunt, from Old French elefant, elefan, olifant, re-latinized in Middle French as elephant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās) (gen. ἐλέφαντος (eléphantos)). Believed to be derived from an Afroasiatic form such as Proto-Berber *eḷu (“elephant”) (compare Tamahaq êlu, Tamasheq alu) or Egyptian ꜣbw (“elephant; ivory”). More at ivory. Replaced Middle English olifant (from the aforementioned Old French form, from Vulgar Latin *olifantus), which replaced Old English elpend (“elephant”).