Masculine
marfil
Synonyms
Translations
Elfenbein
ivoire
avorio
ivoor
marfim
marfil
عاج
fildişi
ebur
ελεφαντόδοντο
açFrequency
Hyphenated as
mar‧fil
Pronounced as (IPA)
/maɾˈfil/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish almalfil, from Arabic عَظْم الْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, literally “elephant bone”) via Andalusian Arabic.
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