slon

See also: Slon, słon, słón, słoń, Słoń, słóń, s'lon, šłȫn, and śłön

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech slon, from Proto-Slavic *slonъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈslon]
• Hyphenation: slon

Noun

slon m anim (female equivalent slonice, diminutive slůnek)

1. elephant
2. (xiangqi) elephant: a xiangqi piece that is moved two points diagonally, may not jump over intervening pieces and may not cross the river.

Declension

Declension of slon (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	slon	sloni
genitive	slona	slonů
dative	slonovi, slonu	slonům
accusative	slona	slony
vocative	slone	sloni
locative	slonovi, slonu	slonech
instrumental	slonem	slony

Derived terms

adjectives

• sloní

nouns

• slon v porcelánu
• slonice
• slonovina
• slůně

See also

Xiangqi pieces in Czech (see also: siang-čchi, čínské šachy) (layout · text)
generál	strážce	slon	kůň	vůz	kanón	voják

Further reading

• “slon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “slon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “slon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English slān; equivalent to slo +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

slon

1. plural of slo

Etymology 2

Verb

slon

1. (Cambridgeshire, Kent, Norfolk, Middlesex) alternative form of sleen

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slôn/

Noun

slȍn m anim (Cyrillic spelling сло̏н)

1. elephant

Declension

Declension of slon

	singular	plural
nominative	slȍn	slònovi
genitive	slona	slonova
dative	slonu	slonovima
accusative	slona	slonove
vocative	slone	slonovi
locative	slonu	slonovima
instrumental	slonom	slonovima

Further reading

• “slon”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slɔn/, [ˈslɔn]
• Rhymes: -ɔn

• Audio (Bratislava):

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Noun

slon m animal (female equivalent slonica, relational adjective sloní or slonový, diminutive sloník)

1. elephant

Declension

Declension of slon
(patterns chlap (singular) and dub (plural))

	singular	plural
nominative	slon	slony
genitive	slona	slonov
dative	slonovi	slonom
accusative	slona	slony
locative	slonovi	slonoch
instrumental	slonom	slonmi

Derived terms

• sloníča n
• slonovina f

Further reading

• “slon”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slɔ́n/

• Audio:

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Noun

slȍn m anim (female equivalent sloníca or slónica)

1. elephant

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	slòn
gen. sing.	slôna
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	slòn	slôna	slôni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	slôna	slônov	slônov
dative (dajȃlnik)	slônu	slônoma	slônom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	slôna	slôna	slône
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	slônu	slônih	slônih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	slônom	slônoma	slôni

Further reading

• “slon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “slon”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Tày

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *soːlᴬ (“to teach”). Cognate with Thai สอน (sɔ̌ɔn), Northern Thai ᩈᩬᩁ, Lao ສອນ (sǭn), Lü ᦉᦸᧃ (ṡoan), Tai Dam ꪎꪮꪙ, Shan သွၼ် (sǎun), Tai Nüa ᥔᥩᥢᥴ (sóan), Ahom 𑜏𑜨𑜃𑜫 (son), Zhuang son.

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɬɔn˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [θɔn˦]

Verb

slon

1. to learn; to study

   slon bài ― to study

2. to teach
3. to mimic

References

• Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[1] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]
• Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006), Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
• Lương Bèn (2011), Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[2][3] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Teribe

Noun

slon

1. opossum

References

• Gamarra A., Enrique; Villagra S., Inocencio (1980), Llëbo ñaglo lok kibokwogo ëre e lanyo = Vocabulario ilustrado teribe-español‎^[4] (overall work in Teribe and Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Cultura & Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 9