elephant
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
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xiangqi
Etymology: From Middle English elefant, elefaunt, from Old French elefant, elefan, olifant, re-latinized in Middle French as elephant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās) (gen. ἐλέφαντος (eléphantos)). Believed to be derived from an Afroasiatic form such as Proto-Berber *eḷu (“elephant”) (compare Tamahaq êlu, Tamasheq alu) or Egyptian ꜣbw (“elephant; ivory”). More at ivory. Replaced Middle English olifant (from the aforementioned Old French form, from Vulgar Latin *olifantus), which replaced Old English elpend (“elephant”).
Inflected forms:
form: elephants
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Anything huge and ponderous.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
gloss: Synonym of elephant paper.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second
pos: noun
tags: UK
childish
countable
uncountable
examples: Let's play hide and seek. I'll count. One elephant, two elephant, three elephant...
gloss: Ivory.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
uncountable
examples: He sent rich gifts of elephant and gold.
gloss: A xiangqi piece that is moved two points diagonally, may not jump over intervening pieces and may not cross the river.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: elephant
oliphaunt
Related words: chryselephantine
elephancy
elephanta
elephanter
elephantiac
elephantiasis
elephantic
Elephantidae
elephantine
elephantoid
Elephantopus
Elephas
howdah
keddah
mahout
trumpet
deinothere
stegodont
Derived words: African bush elephant
African elephant
African forest elephant
African savannah elephant
Asian elephant
Asiatic elephant
baby elephant in the room
Borneo elephant
bull elephant
cow elephant
double elephant
dwarf elephant
eat an elephant one bite at a time
Elephant and Castle
elephant apple
elephantback
elephant bed
elephant beetle
elephant bird
elephantbird
elephant bug
elephant bush
elephant calf
elephant chess
elephant-color
elephant-colour
elephant cord
elephant creeper
elephantdom
elephant dose
elephant ear
elephant ears
elephant-ear tree
elephantesque
elephantess
elephantfish
elephant fish
elephant flipping
elephant folio
elephant foot
Elephant Gambit
elephant garlic
elephant grass
elephant-gravel
elephant-gray
elephant-grey
elephant gun
Elephant Hall
elephant hawk moth
elephanthood
elephanticide
elephantid
elephant in Cairo
elephant in the corner
elephant in the kitchen
elephant in the living room
elephant in the room
Elephant Island
elephantitis
elephant joke
elephant juice
elephant leg
elephantlike
elephant louse
Elephant Man
elephant man's disease
elephant man's syndrome
elephant on the dinner table
elephantophile
elephant paper
elephant-path
elephant pearl
elephant polo
elephant race
elephant-rain
elephantry
elephant's breath
elephant seal
elephant's ear
elephant's ears
Elephant's Foot
elephant's foot
elephant's foot umbrella stand
elephant's-grass
elephants' graveyard
elephant shark
elephant's head
elephantship
elephant shrew
elephant skin
elephant snout
elephant's snout volute
elephant's teeth
elephant's tooth
elephant's toothpaste
elephant's trunk
elephant trunk
Elephant's Trunk Nebula
elephant's trunk plant
elephant's tusk
elephant's-tusks
elephant's-vine
elephant test
elephant thorn
elephant toothpaste
elephant tortoise
elephant trank
elephant tranquilizer
elephant trap
elephant tree
elephant-trumpet
elephant trunkfish
elephant trunk fish
Elephant Trunk nebula
elephant trunk snake
elephant-tusk
elephant walk
elephanty
elephant yam
Flying Elephant
forest elephant
get a look at the elephant
he-elephant
imperial elephant
Indian elephant
irrelephant
mammophant
mimophant
Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant
North African elephant
Order of the Elephant
pad elephant
pink elephant
pink elephants
pseudelephant
pygmy elephant
retail elephant
rogue elephant
savanna elephant
savannah elephant
sea-elephant
Sea Elephant
sea elephant
the elephant
she-elephant
shoot an elephant with a BB gun
show the elephant
Sri Lankan elephant
straight-tusked elephant
Sumatran elephant
temple elephant
war elephant
water elephant
were-elephant
white elephant
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