"olifant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: olifants [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English olifaunt, from Old French oliphaunt, from Latin elephantus. See elephant. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|olifaunt}} Middle English olifaunt, {{der|en|fro|oliphaunt}} Old French oliphaunt, {{der|en|la|elephantus}} Latin elephantus Head templates: {{en-noun}} olifant (plural olifants)
  1. (obsolete) An elephant. Tags: obsolete Categories (lifeform): Elephants
    Sense id: en-olifant-en-noun-~CnkppRf Disambiguation of Elephants: 52 48
  2. (historical) An ancient hunting horn, made of ivory. Tags: historical Categories (lifeform): Elephants Translations (type of horn): olifant (Catalan), olifantti (Finnish), olifant [masculine] (French), olifante [masculine] (Portuguese), tù và (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-olifant-en-noun-m0oaDo8B Disambiguation of Elephants: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of 'type of horn': 0 100

Inflected forms

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