Noun: elefante
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | elefante |
| Singular f | elefanta |
| Plural m | elefantes |
| Plural f | elefantas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like elefante
xastre,
elefante,
vicepresidente,
alcaiote,
monxe,
vellote,
servente,
aquele,
mestre,
presidente,
contramestre,
xefe,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-
3. Egyptian ꜣbwbor.?
4. Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās)bor.
5. Latin elephāslbor.
6. Old Galician-Portuguese elefante
7. Galician elefante
8. From Old Galician-Portuguese elefante, borrowed from Latin elephās, elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”). See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
elefante', Latin Nouns '
elephās'.
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