elefant

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).

elefant

1. elephant

Borrowed from Latin elephantem.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.ləˈfan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.ləˈfant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.leˈfant]

• Audio (Valencia):

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elefant m (plural elefants, feminine elefanta, feminine plural elefantes)

1. elephant

• “elefant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Via Latin elephantus from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās); replaced Old Danish fil (“elephant”), Old Norse fíll (cf. older Danish filsben (“ivory”)).

• IPA^(key): /ɛləˈfanˀd̥/, [eləˈfænˀd̥], [ell̩ˈfænˀt]

elefant c (singular definite elefanten, plural indefinite elefanter)

1. elephant

• “elefant” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “elefant” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

elefant m

1. elephant

• IPA^(key): /eleˈfãːt/

elefant m

1. elephant

• The entry "elefant" at the Lombard edition of Wiktionary

Borrowed from German Elefant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Compare Kashubian élefant

• IPA^(key): /ɛlɛˈfant/

elefant m anim

1. elephant

   Synonym: (literary) słon

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “elefant”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

From Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).

elefant m (definite singular elefanten, indefinite plural elefanter, definite plural elefantene)

1. elephant

• “elefant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).

elefant m (definite singular elefanten, indefinite plural elefantar, definite plural elefantane)

1. elephant

• “elefant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): [eleˈfan(t)]

• Audio (Béarn):

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elefant m (plural elefants)

1. elephant

• IPA^(key): /eleˈfaŋt/

elefant m

1. elephant

• елефант (elefant) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Borrowed from French éléphant.

• IPA^(key): /e.leˈfant/

• Audio (female voice):

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• Rhymes: -ant
• Hyphenation: e‧le‧fant

elefant m (plural elefanți)

1. elephant (mammal)

• “elefant”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

From Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās), ἐλέφαντος (eléphantos).

elefant m (plural elefants)

1. elephant

Via Latin elephantus from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās); replaced Old Swedish fīl (“elephant”), Old Norse fíll.

• IPA^(key): /ɛlɛˈfanːt/

• Audio:

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elefant c

1. an elephant

   smidig som en elefant i en porslinsbutik

   as agile as an elephant in a porcelain shop

• bete (“tusk”)
• snabel (“trunk”)

• elefant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• elefant in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• elefant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH