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elepante

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Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧pan‧te
  • IPA(key): /ʔeleˈpante/ [ʔe.l̪eˈpan̪.te]

Noun

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elepante

  1. elephant
    Synonym: gadya

Cebuano

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧pan‧te
  • IPA(key): /ʔeleˈpante/ [ʔe.l̪eˈpan̪.t̪e]

Noun

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elepante

  1. elephant
    Synonym: gadya
  2. Heliotropium indicum; an annual, hirsute flowering plant and common weed native to Asia
  3. the roots of this plant used in traditional medicine

Hiligaynon

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Etymology

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From Spanish elefante.

Noun

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elepánte

  1. elephant
    Synonym: gadyo

Ilocano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔeleˈpante/ [ʔe.leˈpan.te]
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧pan‧te

Noun

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elepante (Kur-itan spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. elephant
    Synonym: (obsolete) gadia

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish elefante.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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elepante (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. elephant
    Synonym: gadya
  2. (figurative, derogatory) big, lazy fellow

Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • elepante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Waray-Waray

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish elefante (elephant).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔɛlɛˈpantɛ/, [ʔɛl̪ɛˈpan̪t̪ɛ]
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧pan‧te
  • Rhymes: -ante

Noun

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elepante

  1. elephant