elephantine
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elephantine¹
- /ɛl.əˈfæn.tin/
- /ɛl.əˈfæn.taɪn/
- /ˈɛl.ə.fən.tin/
- /ˈɛl.ə.fən.taɪn/
Where it comes from
From Latin elephantīn(us). By surface analysis, elephant + -ine.
adjective more elephantine · most elephantine
-
Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of elephants.
The scene around them was currently plunged into gloom. Dark mists swirled round them and elephantine shapes lurked indistinctly in the shadows.
Similar: elephantesque, elephantic, elephantish, elephantlike, elephanty
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Very large.
He comes into Brewer from the south, seeing it in the smoky shadow before dawn as a gradual multiplication of houses among the trees beside the road and then as a treeless waste of industry, shoe factories and bottling plants and company parking lots and knitting mills converted to electronics parts
Similar: ample, big, bodacious, broad, commodious, considerable, exceeding, expansive, good-sized, full, generous, grand
noun elephantines
- Any member of the subfamily Elephantinae of elephants and their extinct close relatives.
Elephantine²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin Elephantīnē, from Ancient Greek Ἐλεφαντίνη (Elephantínē).
proper noun
- An island in the river Nile, and the ancient city that occupied it.
adjective
- Of, from, or pertaining to Elephantine or the Elephantine people.
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adj of or relating to elephants
| Português | elefantino |
|---|---|
| Français | éléphantin |
| Deutsch | elefantös |
| Română | elefantin |
adj very large
| Français | éléphantesque |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | elefantös |
name an island
| Español | Elefantina |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 象岛 |
| Português | Elefantina |
| Français | Éléphantine |
| Italiano | Elefantina |
| Ελληνικά | Ελεφαντίνη Elefantíni |
| Română | Elefantina |
| Русский | Элефанти́на Elefantína |
| العربية | إِلْفَنْتِين ʔilfantīn |
| עברית | יב yev |
adj of, from, or pretaining to the island
| Français | éléphantin |
|---|---|
| العربية | إِلْفَنْتِينِيّ ʔilfantīniyy |
Talk about this word "elephantine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/elephantine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. elephantine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/elephantine "elephantine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/elephantine.Cite this
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title = {elephantine},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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