olifant

ɔlifɑ̃

Definition

Definition of olifant - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

moyen âge

Rare

instrument de musique médiéval fait d'une corne ou défense d'éléphant

Rare

Le chevalier sonna l'olifant pour alerter ses compagnons.

moquerie

Dated

instrument à vent utilisé par dérision pour battre le rappel

Dated

Il utilise son olifant pour rassembler ironiquement les troupes.

blason

TECH.

meuble héraldique représentant un cor avec viroles et sangle

TECH.

L'olifant figure en chef sur les armoiries de cette famille.

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instrument de musique médiéval fait d'une corne ou défense d'éléphant

Origin of olifant

ancien français, oliphant (cor de chasse)

Examples of olifant in a sentence

Le musée expose un olifant du XIIe siècle.
Le maire souffle dans l’olifant lors des fêtes.
Son olifant retentit pour moquer la réunion.
Un olifant orne le blason de la commune.
Le chevalier portait un olifant sur son écu.

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English:oliphant, olifant, ...
German:Olifant, Jagdhorn, ...
Italian:olifante, corno, ...
Spanish:olifante, cuerno, ...
Portuguese:olifante, ...
Chinese:象牙号角, 讽刺性的号角, ...
Japanese:象牙の角笛, からかいのホルン, ...
Arabic:أليفان, بوق أوليفان, ...
Hebrew:אוֹלִיפַנְט, כְּלִי נְשִׁיפָה לְלַעַג, ...
Russian:олифант, рог для насмешки, ...
Ukrainian:оліфант, ріжок, ...
Catalan:olifant, corn burlesc, ...
Danish:olifant, horn, ...
Dutch:olifant, blaasinstrument, ...
Greek:όργανο ελέφαντα, ολιφάντο, ...
Hungarian:olifánt, gúnyos csapatösszehívásra használt kürt, ...
Khmer:ត្រែស្នែង, ស្នែងផ្លុំ, ...
Korean:상아 뿔 나팔, 조롱용 나팔, ...
Polish:olifant, róg, ...
Portuguese (BR):olifante, corneta, ...
Romanian:olifant, corn, ...
Swedish:olifant, horn som används skämtsamt för att kalla samman folk, ...
Thai:แตรเขี้ยวช้าง, แตรล้อเลียน, ...
Turkish:olifant, borazan, ...
Vietnamese:tù và ngà voi, kèn olifant, ...

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