éléphantesque
French, adjective/e.le.fɑ̃.tɛsk/
éléphantesque is spelled É-L-É-P-H-A-N-T-E-S-Q-U-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written French, the 226,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éléphantesque is a French adjective meaning “elephantine, mammoth, colossal (very large)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui rappelle l’éléphant par sa taille, sa masse, son allure”.
What does éléphantesque mean in English?
adjective
- 1
elephantine, mammoth, colossal (very large)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui rappelle l’éléphant par sa taille, sa masse, son allure.
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 éléphantesque
- éléphantesques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce éléphantesque?
- /e.le.fɑ̃.tɛsk/
- \e.le.fɑ̃.tɛsk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to éléphantesque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is éléphantesque in French?
éléphantesque appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).