elephantus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- An elephant.
- Ivory.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (elephant, ivory).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἐλέφας
Gloss
elephant, ivory
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
象
Emoji
🐘
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- elephant English
- elephantem Latin
- elephas Latin
- elephāns Latin
- elephās Latin
- elephās, elephantis Latin
- Elefant German
- Elefantenhochzeit German
- Elefantenlaus German
- Elefantenrüsselmuschel German
- Elfenbein German
- elefantös German
- elefánt Hungarian
- elefántcsont Hungarian
- elefántfóka Hungarian
- elefántok Hungarian
- elefante Italian
- elpendier Dutch, Flemish
- olifant French
- éléphant French
- ἐλέφαντος, ἐλέφας Ancient Greek
- ἐλέφας Ancient Greek
- ἐλέφᾱς Ancient Greek
- ἐλεφάντινος Ancient Greek
- ἐλεφαντομαχία Ancient Greek
- elefant Norwegian Bokmål
- *elpanduz Proto-Germanic
- *ulbanduz Proto-Germanic
- elefant Norwegian Nynorsk
- elpend Old English
- olfend Old English
- elefant Middle English
- olifant Middle English
- olifaunt Middle English
- oliphaunt Middle English
- eilifint Irish
- úlfaldi Old Norse
- elefant Danish
- elefantvæddeløb Danish
- *velьb(l)ǫdъ Proto-Slavic
- elefant Old French
- olifan Old French
- olifant Old French
- oliphant Old French
- oliphaunt Old French
- úlfaldi Icelandic
- olifant Middle Dutch
- éléphant Norman
- êléphant Norman
- hëlfant Middle High German
- Elefant Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- elephant Middle French
- 𐌿𐌻𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- העלפֿאַנד Yiddish
- *elpandu gmw-pro
- Elifant Alemannic German
- elefant Romansh
- oaljefant Western Frisian
- elefant Lower Sorbian
- eleofant Old Spanish
- elifant Old Spanish
- oliphant xno
- 𐀁𐀩𐀞 Mycenaean Greek
- *eḷu Proto-Berber