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How do you spell elephant?

elephant

E-L-E-P-H-A-N-T

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In your language

Русский

слон

Español

elefante

العربية

فيل

Word facts

Letters
8 →
First letter
E →
Packs
Animals · Wild animals
Plural
elephants

Example sentences

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  • This is an elephant.

  • I can see an elephant.

Word forms

One and many

one elephant — two elephants

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Use it in class

  • I spySpread the picture cards around the room and say “I spy with my little eye something beginning with E!” The first child to point at the elephant card and name it spies next.
  • Move like itCall “elephant!” and everyone moves and sounds like it around the room until you say “Freeze!”
  • Kim's gameLay out five picture cards, the elephant card among them. Children close their eyes, you take one away and ask “What's missing?” If it's this one, they call out “elephant!”

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Questions and answers

How do you spell elephant?
E-L-E-P-H-A-N-T. Elephant has 8 letters and starts with E.
What is elephant in Russian, Spanish and Arabic?
In Russian: слон. In Spanish: elefante. In Arabic: فيل.
What is the plural of elephant?
Elephants: one elephant, two elephants.