éléphant
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French elephant, from Old French elefant, a borrowing from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας, ἐλέφαντος (eléphas, eléphantos). The commoner Old French form was olifan(t), whence the modern doublet olifant (“ivory horn”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
éléphant m (plural éléphants, feminine éléphante)
Derived terms[edit]
- comme un éléphant dans un magasin de porcelaine
- éléphant blanc
- éléphant d’Afrique
- éléphant d’Asie
- éléphant de mer
- mémoire d’éléphant
- pattes d’éléphant
- pied d’éléphant
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “éléphant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- êléphant (Jersey)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French elephant, itself a learned borrowing from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας, ἐλέφαντος (eléphas, eléphantos).
Noun[edit]
éléphant m (plural éléphants)
Categories:
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French doublets
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Elephants
- Norman terms borrowed from Middle French
- Norman terms derived from Middle French
- Norman terms derived from Latin
- Norman terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norman lemmas
- Norman nouns
- Norman masculine nouns
- Guernsey Norman
- nrf:Mammals
- nrf:Elephants