"elefante" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /e.leˈfan.te/ Forms: elefanti [plural], elefantessa [feminine], alifante [alternative], leofante [alternative]
Rhymes: -ante Etymology: Borrowed from Latin elephantem. Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:bor|la:elephās<alt:elephantem>}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "elephantem", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "elephant", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "elephant", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "elephant", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Afroasiatic", "term" : "*leb-", "lang" : "afa-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Egyptian", "term" : "ꜣbw", "lang" : "egy" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἐλέφᾱς", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "elephās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "elefante", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="elefante">, {{bor+|it|la|elephās|elephantem}} Borrowed from Latin elephantem Head templates: {{it-noun|m|f=#ssa}} elefante m (plural elefanti, feminine elefantessa)
  1. elephant Tags: masculine Derived forms: elefantiaco, elefantiasi, elefantino

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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