elefant
Albanian
Catalan
Pronunciation
Derived terms
- elefant marí
- elefantí
Further reading
- “elefant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish
Etymology
Via Latin elephantus from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās); replaced Old Danish fil (“elephant”), Old Norse fíll (cf. older Danish filsben (“ivory”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛləˈfanˀd̥/, [eləˈfænˀd̥], [ell̩ˈfænˀt]
Inflection
Declension of elefant
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | elefant | elefanten | elefanter | elefanterne |
genitive | elefants | elefantens | elefanters | elefanternes |
References
Friulian
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Elefant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛlɛˈfant/
Declension
Synonyms
- słon (literary)
Derived terms
- elefantowy
Further reading
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “elefant”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).
Noun
elefant m (definite singular elefanten, indefinite plural elefanter, definite plural elefantene)
References
- “elefant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).
Noun
elefant m (definite singular elefanten, indefinite plural elefantar, definite plural elefantane)
References
- “elefant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [eleˈfan(t)]
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Romanian

Elefant
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eleˈfant/
- Hyphenation: e‧le‧fant
Declension
Declension of elefant
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) elefant | elefantul | (niște) elefanți | elefanții |
genitive/dative | (unui) elefant | elefantului | (unor) elefanți | elefanților |
vocative | elefantule | elefanților |
Further reading
- elefant in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās), ἐλέφαντος (eléphantos).
Swedish

elefant
African Forest Elephant
African Forest Elephant
Noun
elefant c
- an elephant
- smidig som en elefant i en porslinsbutik
- as agile as an elephant in a porcelain shop
- smidig som en elefant i en porslinsbutik
Declension
Declension of elefant | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | elefant | elefanten | elefanter | elefanterna |
Genitive | elefants | elefantens | elefanters | elefanternas |
Further reading
- elefant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (14th ed., online)
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