# elefante
## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin elephantem, accusative of elephans, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Cognates include Spanish elefante and Portuguese elefante.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eleˈfante/ [e.leˈfãn̪.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ante
* Syllabification: e‧le‧fan‧te

### Noun

elefante m (plural elefantes)
* elephant (mammal)

## Basque
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Spanish or directly from Latin?”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /elefante/ [e.le.fãn̪.t̪e]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ante, -e
* Hyphenation: e‧le‧fan‧te

### Noun

elefante anim
* elephant

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “elefante”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “elefante”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

### Noun

elefante
* elephant.

## Classical Nahuatl
### Alternative forms

* elepante (obsolete)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

### Noun

elefante
* elephant

## Corsican
### Alternative forms

* elefente

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin elephantem, accusative of elephas, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās). Cognates include Italian elefante and Spanish elefante.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eleˈfãnte/

### Noun

elefante m (plural elefanti)
* elephant

#### References

* “elefante, elefente” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* alefante

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese elefante, borrowed from Latin elephās, elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eleˈfante/ [e.leˈfan̪.t̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -ante
* Hyphenation: e‧le‧fan‧te

### Noun

elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta, feminine plural elefantas)
* elephant

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “elefante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “elefante”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “elefante”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* “elefante”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* alifante, leofante

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin elephantem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e.leˈfan.te/
* Rhymes: -ante
* Hyphenation: e‧le‧fàn‧te
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

elefante m (plural elefanti, feminine elefantessa)
* elephant

#### Derived terms

* elefantiaco
* elefantiasi
* elefantino

### References

* elefante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Further reading

* elefante on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$

## Latin
### Noun

elefante
* vocative singular of elefantus

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* alefante, alifãt, alifant, alifante, allifante, allyfante, alyfante, elephante, elifante, ellefante, ellifãte, elyfante, helifante

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin elephās, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās), possibly borrowed from Egyptian ꜣbw, from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-. First attested in the 14th century.

### Noun

elefante m (plural elefantes)
* elephant
** 1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, chapter 121, in Cronica Troiana [Trojan Chronicle], translation of Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, page 42:Et auja hũ caſtelete en çima todo encoyrado de coyro de alifãt. ⁊ era laũado p̃ g̃rã maeſtria ⁊ pintado moy ben.And there was a castlet on it, covered with elephant hide and skillfully adorned and very well painted.
* (pathology, uncountable) elephantiasis

#### Descendants

* Fala: elefanti
* Galician: elefante, alefante
* Portuguese: elefante, elephante, elephãte (obsolete)
** Papiamentu: elefante

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “+l@fante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “[ael[eiy]fante]”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (2020–2025) “elefante”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* elephante, elephãte (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese elefante, elifante, borrowed from Latin elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”). Doublet of olifante.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /e.leˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /e.leˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /e.leˈfɐ̃.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.lɨˈfɐ̃.tɨ/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi
* Hyphenation: e‧le‧fan‧te

### Noun

elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta or aliá, feminine plural elefantas or aliás)
* elephant (any mammal of the order Proboscidea)
* (figurative, derogatory) landwhale (an obese person)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gordo

#### Related terms

* como um elefante numa loja de cristais
* elefante branco
* elefante-africano
* elefante-asiático
* elefante-da-floresta
* elefante-da-savana
* elefante-indiano
* elefante-marinho
* elefantino
* memória de elefante
* Pé de Elefante

#### Descendants

* Papiamentu: elefante

#### See also

* mamute
* marfim
* tromba

## Spanish
### Etymology

From various Old Spanish forms like elifant, alefant and eleofant, all ultimately from Latin elephantis, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eleˈfante/ [e.leˈfãn̪.t̪e]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ante
* Syllabification: e‧le‧fan‧te

### Noun

elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta, feminine plural elefantas)
* elephant

#### Derived terms

* elefante africano
* elefante asiático
* elefante blanco
* elefante en la habitación
* elefante indio
* elefante marino
* elefantino
* hacer de una pulga un elefante
* hierba de elefante
* memoria de elefante
* pata de elefante
* tener memoria de elefante

#### Descendants

* → Basque: elefante
* → Chol: elefanti
* → Cebuano: elepante
* → Hiligaynon: elepante
* → Quechua: ilijanti
* → Tagalog: elepante
* → Waray-Waray: elepante

### Further reading

* “elefante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10