olifant

English

Etymology

Old French

Noun

olifant (plural olifants)

  1. (obsolete) An elephant.
  2. (historical) An ancient horn, made of ivory.

Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for olifant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch olifant, from Middle Dutch olifant, from Old French olifant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).

Noun

olifant (plural olifante)

  1. elephant

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch olifant, from Old French olifant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈoː.liˌfɑnt/
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  • Hyphenation: oli‧fant

Noun

olifant m (plural olifanten, diminutive olifantje n)

  1. elephant

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Old French olifan

Noun

olifant (plural olifants)

  1. elephant
  2. ivory
  3. elephant tusk
  4. musical instrument made of elephant tusks
  5. musical instrument resembling elephant tusks

Descendants

Norwegian

Noun

olifant

  1. oliphaunt

Inflection
Inflection of olifant
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m olifant olifanten olifanter olifantene
Nynorsk m olifant olifanten olifantar olifantane

Old French

Noun

olifant m (oblique plural olifanz or olifantz, nominative singular olifanz or olifantz, nominative plural olifant)

  1. Alternative form of olifan

Vilamovian

Alternative forms

Noun

olifant m (plural olifanta)

  1. elephant
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