elefantino

From elefanto (“elephant”) +‎ -ino (“female”).

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• IPA^(key): /elefantˈino/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: e‧le‧fant‧i‧no

elefantino (accusative singular elefantinon, plural elefantinoj, accusative plural elefantinojn)

1. a female elephant, cow elephant

• elefanto (“elephant”)

• elefantiĉo (neologism), virelefanto (idiomatic) (male elephant, bull elephant)

elefanto (“elephant”) +‎ -ino (“female”)

elefantino (plural elefantini)

1. female elephant, cow elephant

• elefanto (“elephant”)

• elefantulo (“male elephant, bull elephant”)

• IPA^(key): /e.le.fanˈti.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: e‧le‧fan‧tì‧no

Borrowed from Latin elephantinus, from Ancient Greek ἐλεφάντινος (elephántinos).

elefantino (feminine elefantina, masculine plural elefantini, feminine plural elefantine)

1. elephantine (all senses)

   Synonym: elefantesco

2. (literary) made of ivory

   Synonym: (literary) eburneo

• elefantino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From elefant(e) (“elephant”) +‎ -ino (diminutive suffix).

elefantino m (plural elefantini)

1. a young or small elephant

• Hyphenation: e‧le‧fan‧ti‧no

elefantino (feminine elefantina, masculine plural elefantinos, feminine plural elefantinas)

1. elephantine (of or relating to elephants)

From elefante (“elephant”) +‎ -ino.

• IPA^(key): /elefanˈtino/ [e.le.fãn̪ˈt̪i.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: e‧le‧fan‧ti‧no

elefantino (feminine elefantina, masculine plural elefantinos, feminine plural elefantinas)

1. elephantine

• “elefantino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024