elephant

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

elefante

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pachiderma

sinonimi

bishop

butterfly

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elephantine

hippopotamus

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ivory

oliphaunt

pachyderm

elephanta

elephanter

scintillation jamming

Traduzioni

éléphant

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elefante

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Elefant

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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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elefant

elephas

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elefanta

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɛlɪf(ə)nt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: elefant

Affine Tahaggart Tamahaq: êlu

Affine Tamasheq: alu

Affine inglese medio: olifant

Affine inglese antico: 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”).