Translation
elephant
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Word origin
From Latin elephantus, from Greek elephas, elephantos, which meant both the animal and its ivory. The Greek word has no agreed source beyond that, and English elephant came the same way through French.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- elephas
- English cognates
- elephant
Examples
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The elephant is the biggest animal on land.
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We saw three elephants by the river.
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The elephant has a long nose.
Esperanto is blunt about the trunk: it is simply the animal's , its nose, or rostro if you want the technical term. The word is one of the reliable early nouns in any course because it is recognisable across a dozen languages before you learn a thing. A young one is an o.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 17, lesson 11: elefanto, ekspedicio, gitaro and 7 more words.