marfil
See also: Marfil
Catalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, “elephant-bone”), from عَظْم (ʕaẓm, “bone”) + فِيل (fīl, “elephant”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmarfil m (plural marfils)
Further reading
edit- “marfil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “marfil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “marfil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “marfil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmarfil m (plural marfiles)
Further reading
edit- “marfil”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish almalfil, from Arabic عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, literally “elephant bone”) via Andalusian Arabic.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmarfil m (plural marfiles)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- alfil (“chess bishop”)
References
edit- ^ 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
Further reading
edit- “marfil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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