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How to pronounce “elephant”
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Pronunciation guide for elephant
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of elephant with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Ferris Jabr
And I think that brings us to, basically, the elephant
- Definition summary
- A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce elephant
Ferris Jabr
And I think that brings us to, basically, the elephant
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “elephant”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
- (in particular) Any member of the subfamily Elephantinae not also of the genera Mammuthus and Primelephas.
- (figurative) Anything huge and ponderous.
- (paper, printing) Synonym of elephant paper.
- (British, childish) used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second
- (uncountable, obsolete) Ivory.
- (xiangqi) A xiangqi piece that is moved two points diagonally, may not jump over intervening pieces and may not cross the river.
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