Noun: elefante
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | elefante |
| Singular f | elefanta; aliá |
| Plural m | elefantes |
| Plural f | elefantas; aliás |
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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. Portuguese elefante
8. From Old Galician-Portuguese elefante, elifante, borrowed from Latin elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”). Doublet of olifante. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
elefante', Latin Nouns '
elephās'.
Verbs referencing "elefante"
Asturian Nouns
elefante.
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