Ivory

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related words 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 Adjective 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Proper Noun

English

Etymology

Middle English ivorie, from Old French ivoire, ivuire, yvoire, from Latin eboreus "made of ivory", from ebur "ivory", ultimately from Egyptian (ɜbw) "ivory".

Pronunciation

	IPA	SAMPA
GenAm	/ˈaɪv(ə)ri/	/"aIv(@)ri/

• Hyphenation: i·vo·ry

Noun

ivory

1. a hard white form of dentine which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
2. a creamy white colour, the colour of ivory. See Appendix:Colours

Related words

• Ivory Coast
• ivory tower

Translations

• Breton: olifant m, ivor m (1)
• Dutch: ivoor n (1,2), ivoorkleur (2) f
• Finnish: norsunluu (1)
• German: Elfenbein n (1)
• Indonesian: gading
• Interlingua: ebore
• Japanese: 象牙 (ぞうげ, zōge)
• Latin: ebur
• Polish: kość słoniowa (1)
• Portuguese: marfim m
• Spanish: marfil m
• Swedish: elfenben
• Volapük: vior
• Malay: gading

See also

• scrimshaw
• Ivory — Wikipedia

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Malay: gading

Adjective

ivory

1. made of ivory
2. having the colour of ivory.

Translations

• Dutch: ivoor, ivoorkleurig
• Interlingua: eboree
• Portuguese: ebóreo m, ebórea f, ebúrneo m, ebúrnea f, de marfim
• Spanish: de marfil
• volapük: viorik

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Proper Noun

1. Ivory Soap manufactured by Procter & Gamble.