# elefant
## Albanian
### Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās).

### Noun

elefant
* elephant

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin elephantem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.ləˈfan]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.ləˈfant]
* IPA: (Valencia) [e.leˈfant]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Noun

elefant m (plural elefants, feminine elefanta)
* elephant

#### 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: /ɛləˈfanˀd̥/, [eləˈfænˀd̥], [ell̩ˈfænˀt]

### Noun

elefant c (singular definite elefanten, plural indefinite elefanter)
* elephant

#### Inflection
### References

* “elefant” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “elefant” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## Friulian
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

elefant m
* elephant

## Lombard
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eleˈfãːt/

### Noun

elefant m
* elephant

### Further reading

* The entry "elefant" at the Lombard edition of Wiktionary

## Lower Sorbian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Elefant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Compare Kashubian élefant

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛlɛˈfant/

### Noun

elefant m anim
* elephant
    Synonym: (literary) słon

#### 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).

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

elefant m (definite singular elefanten, indefinite plural elefanter, definite plural elefantene)
* elephant

### 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)
* elephant

### References

* “elefant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [eleˈfan(t)]
* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Noun

elefant m (plural elefants)
* elephant

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eleˈfaŋt/

### Noun

elefant m
* elephant

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* елефант (elefant) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

### Etymology

Borrowed from French éléphant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e.leˈfant/
* Audio (female voice):(file)
* Rhymes: -ant
* Hyphenation: e‧le‧fant

### Noun

elefant m (plural elefanți)
* elephant (mammal)

#### Declension
### 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).

### Noun

elefant m (plural elefants)
* elephant

## Swedish
### Etymology

Via Latin elephantus from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās); replaced Old Swedish fīl (“elephant”), Old Norse fíll.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛlɛˈfanːt/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

elefant c
* an elephant
    smidig som en elefant i en porslinsbutikas agile as an elephant in a porcelain shop

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | elefant | elefants |
| singular | definite | elefanten | elefantens |
| plural | indefinite | elefanter | elefanters |
| plural | definite | elefanterna | elefanternas |

#### See also

* bete (“tusk”)
* snabel (“trunk”)

### References

* elefant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* elefant in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* elefant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Svensk MeSH