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elephant
English
Etymology
From Middle English elefant, elefaunt, from Old French elefant, elefan, olifant, re-latinized in Middle French as elephant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (eléph?s) (gen. ????????? (eléphantos)). Believed to be derived from an Afroasiatic form such as Proto-Berber *e?u (“elephant”) (compare Tahaggart Tamahaq êlu, Tamasheq alu) or Egyptian ?bw (“elephant; ivory”). More at ivory. Replaced Middle English olifant (from the aforementioned Old French form, from Vulgar Latin *olifantus), which replaced Old English elpend (“elephant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l?f?nt/, /??l?f?nt/
Noun
elephant (countable and uncountable, plural elephants)
- A mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.
- (in particular) Any member of the family Elephantidae not also of the genus Mammuthus.
- (figuratively) Anything huge and ponderous.
- (paper, printing) Synonym of elephant paper
- (Britain, childish) used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second
- Let's play hide and seek. I'll count. One elephant, two elephant, three elephant...
- (uncountable, obsolete) Ivory.
- He sent rich gifts of elephant and gold.
Synonyms
- (animal): Elephas maximus, Loxodonta africana
- (counting term): see Appendix:Words used as placeholders to count seconds
Hyponyms
- (animal): African bush elephant, African forest elephant, Indian elephant, African elephant
Derived terms
Descendants
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- elephant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Elephant (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- heptenal
Middle French
Noun
elephant m (plural elephans)
- elephant (animal)
Descendants
- French: éléphant
- Haitian Creole: elefan
- ? Romanian: elefant
- ? Irish: eilifint
- ? Norman: êléphant, éléphant
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leopard
English
Alternative forms
- lybard (14th-16th centuries)
- libbard (14th-19th centuries)
Etymology
From Middle English leopard, leopart, lepard, leperd, from Old French leopard (“leopard”), from Late Latin leopardus (“leopon, lipard”) from late Ancient Greek ????????? (leópardos, “leopon, lipard”), from ???? (lé?n, “lion”) + ?????? (párdos, “pard, male leopard”), from earlier ???????? (párdalis, “leopard”), probably from an unattested Old Persian [Term?] term ancestral to Middle Persian palang, Khwarezmian plyk, Sogdian [script needed] (pwr?nk), Pashto ??????. Compare Persian ????? (palang) and Sanskrit ?????? (p?d?ku, “panther”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l?p?d/
- (US) IPA(key): /?l?p?d/
Noun
leopard (plural leopards)
- Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess).
- 1990, Dorothy L. Cheney, How Monkeys See the World: Inside the Mind of Another Species, 1992, page 284,
- During all such cases when we were present they responded by giving repeated alarm calls, even when the leopard was already feeding on a carcass. We wanted to determine whether vervets knew enough about the behavior of leopards to recognize that, even in the absence of a leopard, a carcass in a tree signaled the same potential danger as did a leopard itself.
- 1998, Oded Borowski, Every Living Thing: Daily Use of Animals in Ancient Israel, page 201,
- The leopard (Panthera pardus or Felis pardus cf tulliana) is a close relative of the lion, but biblical references mentioning it are very few, suggesting that it was not as common.
- 2005, Richard Ellis, Tiger Bone & Rhino Horn: The Destruction of Wildlife for Traditional Chinese Medicine, page 197,
- Leopard skins have always been desirable commodities because of their spectacular spotted patterns.
- 1990, Dorothy L. Cheney, How Monkeys See the World: Inside the Mind of Another Species, 1992, page 284,
- (inexact) A similar-looking, large wild cat named after the leopard.
- 2005, Eric Dinerstein, Tigerland and Other Unintended Destinations, p. 81:
- There are plenty of beautiful cats among the thirty-nine species in the Felidae family, but the three leopards—clouded, common, and snow—may be the most visually stunning. Cloaked in the most beautiful fur of any cat, the reclusive clouded leopard is the Greta Garbo of the lot; it lives a solitary life in the remote jungles of Asia, from Nepal to Borneo.
- The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), a large wild cat native to Asia.
- The snow leopard (Panthera uncia), a large wild cat native to Asia.
- 2005, Eric Dinerstein, Tigerland and Other Unintended Destinations, p. 81:
- (heraldry) A lion passant guardant.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Phalanta, having black markings on an orange base.
Synonyms
- (Panthera pardus): common leopard, pard, pardal
- (Neofelis nebulosa): See clouded leopard
- (Panthera uncia): See snow leopard
Hypernyms
- See cat and wild cat
- panther
Hyponyms
- (female): leopardess
- (young): cub, leopard cub
Derived terms
Related terms
- camelopard
- pard
- pardal
Translations
See also
- (hybrid formed by a leopard and a lioness): leopon
- (hybrid formed by a lion and a leopardess): lipard
References
Anagrams
- paroled, preload
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Latin leopardus (“leopard”).
Noun
leopard
- leopard
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?l?opart]
Noun
leopard m anim (feminine leopardice)
- leopard
- Synonym: levhart
Derived terms
- leopardice
Further reading
- leopard in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- leopard in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
leopard c (singular definite leoparden, plural indefinite leoparder)
- leopard
Declension
Further reading
- “leopard” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “leopard” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
leopard m (definite singular leoparden, indefinite plural leoparder, definite plural leopardene)
- a leopard (big cat, Panthera pardus)
Derived terms
- snøleopard
See also
- panter
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
leopard m (definite singular leoparden, indefinite plural leopardar, definite plural leopardane)
- a leopard (as above)
Derived terms
- snøleopard
See also
- panter
Romanian
Etymology
From French léopard, Latin leopardus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?le.o?pard/
- Hyphenation: le?o?pard
Noun
leopard m (plural leoparzi)
- leopard
Declension
Further reading
- leopard in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lêopa?rd/
- Hyphenation: le?o?pard
Noun
l?op?rd m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)
- leopard
Declension
Swedish
Noun
leopard c
- leopard
Declension
Descendants
- ? Finnish: leopardi
Anagrams
- polerad
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