elefante
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See also: Elefante
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin elephantem, accusative of elephans, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Cognates include Spanish elefante and Portuguese elefante.
Pronunciation
Noun
elefante m (plural elefantes)
- elephant (mammal)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
elefante anim
Declension
| 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 | — | — |
Declension of elefante (animate, ending in vowel)
Further reading
- “elefante”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia
- “elefante”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Etymology
Noun
elefante
Alternative forms
- elepante (obsolete)
Etymology
Noun
elefante
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin elephantem, accusative of elephas, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Cognates include Italian elefante and Spanish elefante.
Pronunciation
Noun
elefante m (plural elefanti)
References
- “elefante, elefente” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Alternative forms
- alefante
Etymology
Etymology tree
From Old Galician-Portuguese elefante, borrowed from Latin elephās, elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”).
Pronunciation
Noun
elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta, feminine plural elefantas)
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “elefante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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, 2012–2024
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin elephantem.
Pronunciation
Noun
elefante m (plural elefanti, feminine elefantessa)
Derived terms
References
- elefante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Further reading
elefante on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Noun
elefante
Alternative forms
- alifant, alyfante, elifante, elyfante
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin elephās, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās), possibly borrowed from Egyptian ꜣbw, from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-. First attested in 1350.
Noun
elefante m (plural elefantes)
- elephant
- 1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, chapter 121, in Cronica Troiana, 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.
Descendants
References
- Ernesto Xosé 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “yfante”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Alternative forms
Etymology
Etymology tree
From Old Galician-Portuguese elefante, elifante, borrowed from Latin elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”). Doublet of olifante.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
- como um elefante numa loja de cristais
- elefante branco
- elefante-africano
- elefante-asiático
- elefante-da-floresta
- elefante-da-savana
- elefante-indiano
- elefante-marinho
- elefantino
- memória de elefante
- Pé de Elefante
Descendants
- Papiamentu: elefante
See also
Etymology
From various Old Spanish forms like elifant, alefant and eleofant, all ultimately from Latin elephantis, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas).
Pronunciation
Noun
elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta, feminine plural elefantas)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “elefante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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