marfim

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) ivory (material, color)
2. (masculine) tusk (pair of teeth that extend outside the mouth of some animals)

Adj

ivory

Concepts

ivory

ivory-colored

tusk

Synonyms

Marfim

Translations

ivoire

avorio

Elfenbein

marfil

ivoor

ivori

عاج

ebur

marfil

fildişi

vori

aç

rohart

elfenbeinfarben

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maʁˈfĩ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese almafi, from Arabic عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, “elephant-bone”), from عَظْم (ʕaẓm, “bone”) + فِيل (fīl, “elephant”). Compare Galician, Spanish, and Catalan marfil.