elephant (n)

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elephant (noun) 🐘

 

Afrikaans: olifant

Arabic: alfil = الفيل

Armenian: p’igh = փիղ 

Bengali: Hāti = হাতি

Cebuano: elepante

Chichewa: njovu

Chinese: xiang = 象

Danish: elefant

Dutch: olifant

Esperanto: elefanto

Estonian: elevant

Filipino: elepante

French: lelephon =  l’éléphant

German: Elefant

Greek: eléfantas = ελέφαντας

Hausa: giwa

Hawaiian: ʻelepani

Hindi: haathee = हाथी

Hmong: ntxhw (no vowel)

Indonesian: gajah

Italian: elefante

Japanese: Zō = 象

Javanese: gajah

Korean: kokkili = 코끼리

Lao: sang = ຊ້າງ

Latin: elephanti

Macedonian: slon = слон

Malay: gajah

Maori: arewhana

Myanmar: sain = ဆင်

Norwegian: elefant

Pashto: ? = هاتین

Persian: ? = فیل

Portuguese:  elefante

Russian: slon = слон

Samoan: elefane

Spanish: ele’fante

Swedish: elefant

Thai: Cĥāng = ช้าง

Turkish: fil

Ukrainian: slon = слон

Uzbek: fil

Vietnamese: con voi

Welsh: eliffant

Xhosa: indlovu

Yiddish: helfand = העלפאַנד

Zulu: indlovu

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