olifant

English

Etymology

From Middle English olifaunt, from Old French oliphaunt, from Latin elephantus. See elephant.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʊə̯.liˌfant/
  • Audio(file)

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/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: oli‧fant

Noun

olifant m (plural olifanten, diminutive olifantje n)

  1. elephant

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: olifant
  • → Papiamentu: olefante, olifant

French
un olifant

Etymology

From Old French olifan (literally “elephant”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ.li.fɑ̃/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

olifant m (plural olifants)

  1. olifant (ivory horn)
    • 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 5, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
      Saskia ouvre les yeux et embouche son olifant pour sonner l’ouverture de la chasse à la manière médiévale.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Further reading

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 Bokmål

Noun

olifant m (definite singular olifanten, indefinite plural olifanter, definite plural olifantene)

  1. oliphaunt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

olifant m (definite singular olifanten, indefinite plural olifantar, definite plural olifantane)

  1. oliphaunt

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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