olifante
Portuguese, noun/o.liˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
olifante is spelled O-L-I-F-A-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese, the 172,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Olifante is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Small ivory horn of knights from the Middle Ages” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequena trombeta de marfim dos cavaleiros da Idade Média, e especialmente a do paladino Rolando”.
What does olifante mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineSmall ivory horn of knights from the Middle Ages
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequena trombeta de marfim dos cavaleiros da Idade Média, e especialmente a do paladino Rolando
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of olifante
- olifantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce olifante?
- Brazil /o.liˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ɔ.liˈfɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is olifante in Portuguese?
olifante appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).