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marfim.

ivory (material, color)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/maʁˈfĩ/Brazil[mahˈfĩ]Brazil/maɾˈfĩ/São-Paulo/maʁˈfĩ/Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. ivory (material, color)

    masculine

  2. tusk (pair of teeth that extend outside the mouth of some animals)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

adj/maʁˈfĩ/Brazil[mahˈfĩ]Brazil/maɾˈfĩ/São-Paulo/maʁˈfĩ/Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. ivory

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

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