elefantiasis
Spanish, noun/elefanˈtjasis/
elefantiasis is spelled E-L-E-F-A-N-T-I-A-S-I-S (12 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish, the 178,154th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elefantiasis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “elephantiasis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Síndrome caracterizado por el aumento enorme de algunas partes del cuerpo, especialmente de las extremidades…”.
What does elefantiasis mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineelephantiasis
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Síndrome caracterizado por el aumento enorme de algunas partes del cuerpo, especialmente de las extremidades inferiores y de los órganos genitales externos. Puede producirse por diversas enfermedades inflamatorias persistentes, y muy especialmente por los parásitos de los países cálidos de la superfamilia Filarioidea.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce elefantiasis?
- /elefanˈtjasis/
- [e.le.fãn̪ˈt̪ja.sis]
- [elefãn̪ˈt̪jasis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to elefantiasis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is elefantiasis in Spanish?
elefantiasis appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).