marfil
See also: Marfil
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, “elephant-bone”), from عَظْم (ʕaẓm, “bone”) + فِيل (fīl, “elephant”).
Further reading
- “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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɾˈfil/ [maɾˈfiɫ]
- Rhymes: -il
- Hyphenation: mar‧fil
Further reading
- “marfil”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish almalfil, from Arabic عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, “elephant-bone”), from عَظْم (ʕaẓm, “bone”) + فِيل (fīl, “elephant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɾˈfil/ [maɾˈfil]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -il
- Syllabification: mar‧fil
Derived terms
- Costa de Marfil (República de Costa de Marfil)
- laguna de Marfil
- torre de marfil
Related terms
Further reading
- “marfil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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