"olifan" meaning in Old French

See olifan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: olifan oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], olifans [oblique, plural], olifans [nominative, singular], olifan [nominative, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin elephantus. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fro|la|elephantus}} Borrowed from Latin elephantus Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} olifan oblique singular, m (oblique plural olifans, nominative singular olifans, nominative plural olifan)
  1. ivory
    Sense id: en-olifan-fro-noun-xnnaCeNT
  2. an ivory horn (used in battles) Categories (lifeform): Mammals
    Sense id: en-olifan-fro-noun-uDhXQ3ZL Disambiguation of Mammals: 12 53 35 Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 39 51 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 56 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 79 10
  3. elephant (animal)
    Sense id: en-olifan-fro-noun-EkwcO6eS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Military Synonyms: elefant, olifant, oliphant Related terms: buisine, corn
Disambiguation of Military: 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Finnish: olifantti"
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        }
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      "text": "→ Portuguese: olifante"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Middle Dutch: olifant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Dutch: olifant"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
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            "2": "olifant"
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "elefant",
            "3": "elefaunt",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: elefant, elefaunt",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from elefan, elefant form"
          },
          "expansion": "(from elefan, elefant form)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: elefant, elefaunt (from elefan, elefant form)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "elephant"
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
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      "text": "English: elephant\n→ Hawaiian: ʻelepani\n→ Maori: arewhana\n→ Tokelauan: elefane\n→ Tongan: ʻelefanite\n→ Welsh: eliffant"
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      "depth": 2,
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            "1": "gv",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Manx: elefant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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            "1": "mga",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Irish: elifaint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Irish: elifaint"
    },
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            "1": "ga",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "corn"
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "horn",
          "horn"
        ]
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        "elephant (animal)"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "elefant"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "olifant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "oliphant"
    }
  ],
  "word": "olifan"
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      "text": "Middle French: olifant"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
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        {
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      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: olifant"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "olifantti",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: olifantti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: olifantti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: olifant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: olifant"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "olifante",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: olifante",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: olifante"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wa",
            "2": "elefant"
          },
          "expansion": "Walloon: elefant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Walloon: elefant"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "br",
            "2": "olifant",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Breton: olifant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Breton: olifant"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "olifant",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Dutch: olifant",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Dutch: olifant"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "olifant"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: olifant\nAfrikaans: olifant\n→ Papiamentu: olefante, olifant",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: olifant\nAfrikaans: olifant\n→ Papiamentu: olefante, olifant"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "olifant",
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
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      "text": "→ Middle English: olifant, olifaunt, oliphant, olyphant (from olifan, olifant form)\nEnglish: oliphant, olifant, olyfaunte, olyphant, oliphaunt\n→ Cornish: olifans"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "elefant",
            "3": "elefaunt",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: elefant, elefaunt",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from elefan, elefant form"
          },
          "expansion": "(from elefan, elefant form)",
          "name": "q"
        }
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "elephant"
          },
          "expansion": "English: elephant\n→ Hawaiian: ʻelepani\n→ Maori: arewhana\n→ Tokelauan: elefane\n→ Tongan: ʻelefanite\n→ Welsh: eliffant",
          "name": "desctree"
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      ],
      "text": "English: elephant\n→ Hawaiian: ʻelepani\n→ Maori: arewhana\n→ Tokelauan: elefane\n→ Tongan: ʻelefanite\n→ Welsh: eliffant"
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      "depth": 2,
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "elefant",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mga",
            "2": "elifaint",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Irish: elifaint",
          "name": "desc"
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    },
    {
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
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          },
          "expansion": "Irish: eilifint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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          },
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        }
      ],
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            "1": "osp",
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
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        "masculine"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
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    }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "an ivory horn (used in battles)"
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    },
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    },
    {
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    }
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}

Download raw JSONL data for olifan meaning in Old French (5.7kB)

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  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'olifan oblique singular or', originally 'olifan oblique singular or m'",
  "path": [
    "olifan"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "olifan",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'olifan oblique singular or', originally 'olifan oblique singular or m'",
  "path": [
    "olifan"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "olifan",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['masculine', 'canonical']: 'olifan oblique singular or' in 'olifan oblique singular, m (oblique plural olifans, nominative singular olifans, nominative plural olifan)'",
  "path": [
    "olifan"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "olifan",
  "trace": ""
}

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