olifant
olifant noun: an ancient hunting horn, made of ivory.
Noun
olifant (plural olifants)
- An ancient hunting horn, made of ivory.
- And he sang them the staves of the Olifant, the magic horn,—how Roland would not sound it in his pride, and sounded it at Turpin’s bidding, but too late[.]1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 35, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 479
- An elephant.
- She [Diana] hath ſent (to plague vs) a huge ſauadge Boare, / Of an vn-meaſured height and magnitude. / […] / His briſtles poynted like a range of pikes / Ranck't on his backe: his foame ſnovves vvhere he feeds / His tuskes are like the Indian Oliphants.1613, Thomas Heywood, The Brazen Age, […], London: […] Nicholas Okes, […], →OCLC, Act II, signature [C4], verso
olifant meaning in Vietnamese
olifant in Vietnamese
- type of horn
- tù và
Forms of olifant
| plural | olifants |
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Origin of olifant
From Middle English olifaunt, from Old French oliphaunt, from Latin elephantus. See elephant.
Questions about olifant
- What does olifant mean?
- Olifant means an ancient hunting horn, made of ivory.
- What is olifant in Vietnamese?
- Olifant in Vietnamese is tù và. See Olifant meaning in Vietnamese.
- What part of speech is olifant?
- Olifant is a noun.
- What is the plural of olifant?
- The plural of olifant is olifants.
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