éléphanteau
French, noun/e.le.fɑ̃.to/
éléphanteau is spelled É-L-É-P-H-A-N-T-E-A-U (11 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 109,514th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éléphanteau is a French masculine noun meaning “Elephant calf (male)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit de l’éléphant”.
What does éléphanteau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineElephant calf (male)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit de l’éléphant.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of éléphanteau
- éléphanteaux plural
- éléphantelle feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce éléphanteau?
- /e.le.fɑ̃.to/
- \e.le.fɑ̃.to\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to éléphanteau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is éléphanteau in French?
éléphanteau appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).