Categories: Common language, Nature, animals & plants
🇸🇮 slon [NM]
slonica [NF]
slonček, slonič [NM]
mastodont [NM]
slonji [m], slonja [f], slonje [n] [ADJ]
slonov [m], slonova [f], slonovo [n] [ADJ][Possessive]
Related term(s): chryséléphantin, défense (d’éléphant), ivoire, mammouth, pachyderme
IPA pronunciation: [slôn],[slɔnìːt͡sa,slɔ̀ːnit͡sa],
Grammar: [PLUR][Nominative] sloni [m], slonice [f], slončki [m]
Example(s) of use: “Slovenski izumrli sloni, Fosilni ostanki trobčarjev na slovenskih tleh”, Val 202 (15/04/2021)
Expressions, idioms: 1. napráviti/naredíti iz múhe slôna, 2. kot slon v trgovini s porcelanom.
Literally meaning: [🇫🇷] 1. exagérer, en faire de trop, 2. comme un éléphant dans un magasin de porcelaine; [🇬🇧] 1. exaggerate, overstate, overplay, 2. like a bull in a china shop
Synonyms or related terms: debelokožec, mamut, okel, slonokoščen, slonovina
Other meanings: Hotel Slon: [🇸🇮] hôtel Slon (éléphant) à Ljubljana; [🇬🇧] hotel Slon (elephant) in Ljubljana
Pivot language: [🇬🇧] elephant, [🇬🇧] elephantine, [🇬🇧] ivory, [🇬🇧] tusk
In other languages: Elephantidae, Proboscidea, elephantus [LAT]
Grammar: [PLUR][Nominative] sloni [m], slonice [f], slončki [m]
Example(s) of use: “Slovenski izumrli sloni, Fosilni ostanki trobčarjev na slovenskih tleh”, Val 202 (15/04/2021)
Expressions, idioms: 1. napráviti/naredíti iz múhe slôna, 2. kot slon v trgovini s porcelanom.
Literally meaning: [🇫🇷] 1. exagérer, en faire de trop, 2. comme un éléphant dans un magasin de porcelaine; [🇬🇧] 1. exaggerate, overstate, overplay, 2. like a bull in a china shop
Synonyms or related terms: debelokožec, mamut, okel, slonokoščen, slonovina
Other meanings: Hotel Slon: [🇸🇮] hôtel Slon (éléphant) à Ljubljana; [🇬🇧] hotel Slon (elephant) in Ljubljana
Pivot language: [🇬🇧] elephant, [🇬🇧] elephantine, [🇬🇧] ivory, [🇬🇧] tusk
In other languages: Elephantidae, Proboscidea, elephantus [LAT]