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El·e·phan·ti·ne  (l-fn-tn)

An island of southeast Egypt in the Nile River below the First Cataract near Aswan. In ancient times it was a military post guarding the southern frontier of Egypt. The Elephantine papyruses, dating from the fifth century b.c., were discovered here in 1903.

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el·e·phan·tine  (l-fntn, -tn, l-fn-)

adj.

1. Of or relating to an elephant.

2. Enormous in size or strength: "the proliferation of superstores, superstadiums, [and] elephantine convention centers" (Herbert Muschamp).

3. Ponderously clumsy.

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elephantine [ˌɛlɪˈfæntaɪn]

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) denoting, relating to, or characteristic of an elephant or elephants

2. huge, clumsy, or ponderous

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

elephantine - of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp" gargantuan, giant, jumbo big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

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elephantine

adjective massive, great, huge, heavy, giant, enormous, immense, lumbering, gigantic, monstrous, mammoth, bulky, colossal, weighty, hulking, laborious, ponderous, gargantuan, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) His legs were elephantine, his body obese.

Translations

elephantine [ˌelɪˈfæntaɪn] ADJ (fig) → elefantino

elephantine

adj (= heavy, clumsy) → schwerfällig, wie ein Elefant; (= large) → riesig, elefantös (hum); elephantine memory → Elefantengedächtnis nt (inf)

elephantine [ˌɛlɪˈfæntaɪn] adj (fig) → mastodontico/a, elefantesco/a