"elefante" meaning in Portuguese

See elefante in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /e.leˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [Brazil], /e.leˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [Brazil], /e.leˈfɐ̃.te/ [Southern-Brazil], /i.lɨˈfɐ̃.tɨ/ [Portugal] Forms: elefantes [plural], elefanta [feminine], aliá [feminine], elefantas [feminine, plural], aliás [feminine, plural], elephante [alternative, obsolete], elephãte [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *leb- Egyptian ꜣbwbor.? Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās)bor. Latin elephāslbor. Old Galician-Portuguese elefante Portuguese elefante From Old Galician-Portuguese elefante, elifante, borrowed from Latin elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”). Doublet of olifante. Etymology templates: {{etymon|pt|inh|roa-opt>elefante>elephant|id=elephant|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *leb- Egyptian ꜣbwbor.? Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās)bor. Latin elephāslbor. Old Galician-Portuguese elefante Portuguese elefante, {{inh|pt|roa-opt|elefante}} Old Galician-Portuguese elefante, {{der|pt|la|elephās|elephantis|elephant}} Latin elephantis (“elephant”), {{der|pt|grc|ἐλέφᾱς||elephant, ivory}} Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”), {{doublet|pt|olifante}} Doublet of olifante Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|f=elefanta|f2=aliá}} elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta or aliá, feminine plural elefantas or aliás)
  1. elephant (any mammal of the order Proboscidea) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-elefante-pt-noun-OPKZSmuJ Categories (other): Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with etymology trees, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Elephants Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 10 25 56 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 16 72 6 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with etymology trees: 50 50 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Elephants: 94 6
  2. (figurative, derogatory) landwhale (an obese person) Tags: derogatory, figuratively, masculine Synonyms: baleia [offensive], balofo [offensive], gordo, gorducho, rolha de poço [offensive]
    Sense id: en-elefante-pt-noun-Phccp2pq Categories (other): Portuguese entries with etymology trees Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with etymology trees: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: como um elefante numa loja de cristais, elefante branco, elefante-africano, elefante-asiático, elefante-da-floresta, elefante-da-savana, elefante-indiano, elefante-marinho, elefantino, memória de elefante, Pé de Elefante, mamute, marfim, tromba

Inflected forms

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      },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "elefante-indiano"
    },
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "elefantino"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "memória de elefante"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Pé de Elefante"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mamute"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "marfim"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tromba"
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        },
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "source": "Thesaurus:gordo",
          "word": "gordo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:gordo",
          "word": "gorducho"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:gordo",
          "tags": [
            "offensive"
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          "word": "rolha de poço"
        }
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/e.leˈfɐ̃.te/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.lɨˈfɐ̃.tɨ/",
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        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ"
    },
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      "rhymes": "(Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi"
    }
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    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese masculine nouns",
    "Portuguese nouns",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Egyptian",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic",
    "Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃tɨ",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃tɨ/4 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃tʃi",
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      "form": "elephante",
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      "word": "como um elefante numa loja de cristais"
    },
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      "word": "elefante branco"
    },
    {
      "word": "elefante-africano"
    },
    {
      "word": "elefante-asiático"
    },
    {
      "word": "elefante-da-floresta"
    },
    {
      "word": "elefante-da-savana"
    },
    {
      "word": "elefante-indiano"
    },
    {
      "word": "elefante-marinho"
    },
    {
      "word": "elefantino"
    },
    {
      "word": "memória de elefante"
    },
    {
      "word": "Pé de Elefante"
    },
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      "word": "mamute"
    },
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      "word": "marfim"
    },
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      "word": "tromba"
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        },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/e.leˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi/",
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        "Brazil"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/i.lɨˈfɐ̃.tɨ/",
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    },
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      "rhymes": "(Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi"
    }
  ],
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}

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