olifan

olifan

Old French

Alternative forms

• elefant, olifant, oliphant

Etymology

From Latin elephantus.

Noun

olifan m (oblique plural olifans, nominative singular olifans, nominative plural olifan)

1. ivory
2. an ivory horn (used in battles)
3. elephant (animal)

Descendants

• Middle French: olifant
  • French: olifant
    • → Catalan: olifant
    • → Finnish: olifantti
    • → Norwegian: olifant
    • → Portuguese: olifante
• Walloon: elefant
• → Breton: olifant
• → Middle Dutch: olifant
  • Dutch: olifant
    • Afrikaans: olifant
• → Middle English: olifant, olifaunt, oliphant, olyphant (from olifan, olifant form)
  • English: oliphant, olifant, olyfaunte, olyphant, oliphaunt
  • → Cornish: olifans
• → Middle English: elefant, elefaunt (from elefan, elefant form)
  • English: elephant
    • → Welsh: eliffant
    • → Hawaiian: 'elepani
    • → Maori: arewhana
  • Scots: elephant
  • → Manx: elefant
• → Old Spanish: elifant, alefant, eleofant
  • Ladino: איליפ׳אנטי‎ (elefante)‎‎
  • Spanish: elefante
    • → Basque: elefante
    • → Chol: elefanti
    • → Cebuano: elepante
    • → Hiligaynon: elepante
    • → Nahuatl: elepantli
    • → Quechua: ilijanti
    • → Tagalog: elepante

See also

• buisine
• corn