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Meaning of olifant | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. An ancient hunting horn, made of ivory.
    historical
  2. An elephant.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Español olifante
Suomi olifantti
Français olifant
Polski olifant
Português olifante
Tiếng Việt tù và

Examples

“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[.]”
“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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