éléphant

Significat (anglès)

elephant

Gènere

♂️ Masculí

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/e.le.fɑ̃/

Etimologia (anglès)

Inherited from Middle French elephant, from Old French elefant, a borrowing from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας, ἐλέφαντος (eléphas, eléphantos). The commoner Old French form was olifan(t), whence the modern doublet olifant (“ivory horn”).

Sents

La mouche , pour rappeler le vieux mot déjà cité , n'avale pas un éléphant .

The fly, to recall the old word already mentioned, does not swallow an elephant.