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Meaning of "bull elephant" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BULL ELEPHANT

bull elephant  [bʊl ˈɛlɪfənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BULL ELEPHANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bull elephant is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BULL ELEPHANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bull elephant in the English dictionary

The definition of bull elephant in the dictionary is adult male elephant.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BULL ELEPHANT


elephant
ˈɛlɪfənt
infant
ˈɪnfənt
Oliphant
ˈɒlɪfənt
relevant
ˈrɛlɪvənt
replacement
rɪˈpleɪsmənt
significant
sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
solvent
ˈsɒlvənt
statement
ˈsteɪtmənt
student
ˈstjuːdənt
subsequent
ˈsʌbsɪkwənt
sycophant
ˈsɪkəfənt
talent
ˈtælənt
torrent
ˈtɒrənt
tournament
ˈtʊənəmənt
transparent
trænsˈpærənt
treatment
ˈtriːtmənt
triumphant
traɪˈʌmfənt
Vincent
ˈvɪnsənt
wasn´t
ˈwɒzənt
wouldn´t
ˈwʊdənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BULL ELEPHANT

bull
bull ant
bull bars
bull calf
bull dust
bull dyke
bull huss
bull kelp
bull market
bull mastiff
bull neck
bull nose
Bull Run
bull session
bull snake
bull terrier
bull tongue
bull trout
bull-headed
bull-headedly

WORDS THAT END LIKE BULL ELEPHANT

African elephant
baby elephant
chant
coal merchant
couchant
disenchant
enchant
etchant
Gregorian chant
hierophant
Indian elephant
merchant
penchant
sea elephant
Thant
timber merchant
trenchant
U Thant
white elephant
wine merchant

Synonyms and antonyms of bull elephant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bull elephant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BULL ELEPHANT

Find out the translation of bull elephant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bull elephant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bull elephant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

公象
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

elefante macho
570 millions of speakers

English

bull elephant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बैल हाथी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الثور الفيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

touro do elefante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেল হাতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

éléphant mâle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gajah lembu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Elefantenbulle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

強気象
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

황소 코끼리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bull elephant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bò con voi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காளை யானை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बैल हत्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Boğa fili
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

elefante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

byk słoń
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

слон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

taur elefant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελέφαντα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

olifantbul
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

elefant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oksen elefant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bull elephant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BULL ELEPHANT»

The term «bull elephant» is normally little used and occupies the 133.570 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BULL ELEPHANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bull elephant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bull elephant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bull elephant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BULL ELEPHANT»

Discover the use of bull elephant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bull elephant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Elephant Bucks: The Insider's Guide to Writing the TV Sitcoms
This comprehensive guide is for those who want to launch a career as a television sitcom writer and features detailed inside information on how to write scripts that will get noticed.
Sheldon Bull, 2007
2
The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: A Complete ...
140 (10) One Who Listens “Bhikkhus, possessing five factors, a king's bull elephant is worthy of a king, an accessory of a king, and reckoned as a factor of kingship. What five? Here, a king's bull elephant is one who listens, who destroys , who ...
‎2012
3
The Living Elephants : Evolutionary Ecology, Behaviour, and ...
an aspect of a bull elephant's biology known in Asian elephants since ancient times, but recognized in African elephants only recently. The adult male elephant goes through a period of intense aggression toward other males and sexual ...
Center for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Raman Sukumar Associate Professor of Ecology, IUCN Asian Elephant Specialist Group, 2003
4
The Elephant's Secret Sense: The Hidden Life of the Wild ...
Grant (Lianshulu Lodge manager), 106–7 Gray (bull elephant), 189, 209–10 Great Britain, 33 Greg (bull elephant), 211–15, 218–19 ground elasticity, 6 Guesha, 72, 85, 113 Hart, Byron, 122–23, 126 Hart, Lynette, 122–23 Hawaii, 122, 150 ...
Caitlin O'Connell, 2008
5
A Descriptive Catalogue of Hunting Trophies, Native Arms, ...
CATALOGUE OF HUNTING TROPHIES, NATIVE ARMS, AND COSTUMES. 1 Skull of Bull Elephant, South Africa 2 Tusks of Bull Elephant, Siam 3 Tusks of Bull Elephant, Zanzibar 4 Tusks of Bull Elephant, South Africa Tusks of Cow Elephant,  ...
Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming, 1851
6
In Search of Brightest Africa: Reimagining the Dark ...
According to Roosevelt, “Mrs. Akeley had to her credit a fine maned lion and a bull elephant with enormous tusks.”29 Delia Akeley, in her book jungle Portraits, hedges about who shot the bull, while Carl Akeley's In BrightestAfrica evades the  ...
Jeannette Eileen Jones, 2011
7
Elephant Talk: The Surprising Science of Elephant Communication
In times of Bull elepHanT soCieTy Another elephant group is the band of males that forms when inexperienced bull elephants leave their birth herd and join with other males to form bachelor societies. Because earlier elephant research had ...
Ann Downer, 2011
8
366: A Collection of Malaysian Folk Tales
Then shamefaced, they quickly fled from the place. *mi True Friends According to legend, there were two elephants, a male and a female, who were very good friends. Wherever they went, they went together. One day the bull elephant fell ill.
‎2008
9
Why Haven't You Left?: Letters from the Sudan
"Bull Elephant" and "Great Bull Elephant" suggest how distinctive is my large frame, my broad hips and thick calves, my ample flesh and soft skin, all of these so alien to the smooth, sinuous bodies of my Nilotic counterparts. Their impregnable ...
Marc Nikkel, Grant Le Marquand, 2006
10
When Elephant Was King: And Other Tales from Africa
Crocodile used all his great strength and weight to try to pull the young bull elephant into the water. Elephant was also strong and heavy, and despite the pain in his snout, he used his great strength and weight to save himself. For hours both ...
Nick Greaves, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BULL ELEPHANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bull elephant is used in the context of the following news items.
1
After Years Of Suffering, Elephant Finally Freed From Painful Snare
A wild bull elephant — who had been suffering for at least two years with a terrible leg injury due to a snare — was recently saved by an ... «The Dodo, Jul 15»
2
US researcher killed by elephant in Zambia
A bull elephant walks through the Zambezi river (Alamy). The exact circumstances of the attack are not yet known, but male bull elephants are ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Gauteng - province of waste (gallery)
From another perspective, if the average weight of an African bull elephant is 6 000kg, Gauteng has had to find space for nearly 4 100 ... «The Citizen, Jul 15»
4
The Ashes: England legend Ray Illingworth on what it takes to win …
“I've always warned people - I'm like a bull elephant if you cross me, I never forget,” said Illingworth, who was such a shrewd tactician that ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Panel on capital punishment found near Usilampatti
In a release, Dr. Kalaikkovan said the panel depicted a bull elephant trampling an individual and a team of dancers are seen celebrating the ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
6
Raju the elephant celebrates birthday a year after being freed from …
The tuskless bull elephant celebrates his 51st birthday on July 4th, which coincides with his first night of freedom in 2014. Raju the elephant ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
Seeing Victoria Falls and feeding Earth's largest land animal
Nervously, I look over my shoulder but there's no pickpocket to be seen – only a big bull elephant with enormous tusks. What's more, its trunk is ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
8
Call of the wild: How science is learning to decode the way animals …
... whether it is the deep, infrasonic rumble of an African bull elephant in musk or the high-pitched, ultrasonic sound of the grasshopper – both of ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
9
Tracing Ivory DNA helps curb massive poaching that's killing 1 in 10 …
To keep the ivory from the black market, a plainclothes ranger hacks the tusks off a bull elephant killed illegally in Kenya's Amboseli National ... «ZME Science, Jun 15»
10
Conservationists say China holds key to saving elephants
ISHANGO, LAKE EDWARD, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - AUGUST 9: A bull elephant bathes and drinks water on the Northern shores of Lake ... «KRNV My News 4, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Bull elephant [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bull-elephant>. Apr 2024 ».
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