See also: Marfil

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, elephant-bone), from عَظْم (ʕaẓm, bone) + فِيل (fīl, elephant).

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marfil m (plural marfils)

  1. ivory
    Synonyms: ivori, vori

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Galician

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maɾˈfil/ [maɾˈfiɫ]
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Hyphenation: mar‧fil

Noun

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marfil m (plural marfiles)

  1. ivory
    Synonym: almafí

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish almalfil, from Arabic عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, literally elephant bone) via Andalusian Arabic.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maɾˈfil/ [maɾˈfil]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: mar‧fil

Noun

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marfil m (plural marfiles)

  1. ivory

Derived terms

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  • alfil (chess bishop)

References

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  1. ^ Coromines, Joan (1961) “marfil”, in Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 382

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