oliphant

== English == === Alternative forms === olifant, olyfaunte, olyphant, oliphaunt === Etymology === From Middle English olifaunt, from Anglo-Norman oliphant (“ivory, elephant”) and Old French oliphant (“ivory, elephant, musical horn of ivory”), from Latin elephantus (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas, “ivory, elephant”). === Noun === oliphant (plural oliphants) (archaic and historical) An elephant. An ancient ivory hunting-horn. == Old French == === Noun === oliphant oblique singular, m (oblique plural oliphanz or oliphantz, nominative singular oliphanz or oliphantz, nominative plural oliphant) alternative form of olifan