slon

See also: Slon, słon, słón, słoń, Słoń, słóń, s'lon, šłȫn, and śłön

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈslon]

Noun

slon m anim (feminine slonice)

  1. elephant

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • slon in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • slon in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • slon in Internetová jazyková příručka

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English slān; equivalent to slo + -en (plural suffix).

Noun

slon

  1. plural of slo

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slonъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slôn/

Noun

slȍn m (Cyrillic spelling сло̏н)

  1. elephant

Declension

Further reading

  • slon” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɫɔn/

Noun

slon m inan (genitive singular slona, nominative plural slony, genitive plural slonov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. elephant

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • slon in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slonъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slɔ́n/

Noun

slȍn m anim (female equivalent sloníca or slónica)

  1. elephant

Inflection

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. slòn
gen. sing. slôna
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
slòn slôna slôni
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
slôna slônov slônov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
slônu slônoma slônom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
slôna slôna slône
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
slônu slônih slônih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
slônom slônoma slôni

Further reading

  • slon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Tày

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

slon

  1. to learn; to study
    slon bàito study
  2. to teach
  3. to mimic

References

  • Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
  • Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Teribe

Noun

slon

  1. opossum

References

  • Gamarra A., Enrique; Villagra S., Inocencio (1980) Llëbo ñaglo lok kibokwogo ëre e lanyo = Vocabulario ilustrado teribe-español (in Teribe and Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Cultura & Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 9
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