Heffalump

English

Etymology

1920s: from a childish mispronunciation of elephant.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛfəlʌmp/, /ˈhɛfələmp/

Noun

Heffalump (plural Heffalumps)

A fictional, elephant-like creature mentioned in the Winnie the Pooh stories by A. A. Milne.
(without capital, informal, humorous) An elephant.
We went to the zoo and saw some heffalumps.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Heffalump.

Translations

fictional elephant-like creature

Danish: Hafferlaf c
Finnish: möhköfantti
French: éfélant m
Hebrew: פִּיל נָפִיל‎ m (píl nafíl), הִיפּוֹפִּיל‎ m (hipopíl)
Italian: efelante m, effalumpo m
Japanese: ズオウ (zuō), ゾゾ (zozo)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Heffalomp m

Polish: hefalump m
Portuguese: efalante m
Russian: слонопота́м (ru) m (slonopotám)
Spanish: efelante m
Swedish: heffaklump c

References

“heffalump” (US) / “heffalump” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

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