ebúrneo

See also: eburneo

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-

Egyptian ꜣbw

Demotic Egyptian ybbor.?

Latin ebur

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin eburnus

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin eburneuslbor.

Galician ebúrneo

Learned borrowing from Latin eburneus.

Adjective

ebúrneo (feminine ebúrnea, masculine plural ebúrneos, feminine plural ebúrneas)

1. (relational) ivory
2. (poetic) ivorylike

Further reading

• “ebúrneo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-

Egyptian ꜣbw

Demotic Egyptian ybbor.?

Latin ebur

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin eburnus

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin eburneusbor.

Portuguese ebúrneo

Borrowed from Latin eburneus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈbuʁ.nju/ [eˈbuɦ.nju]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈbuʁ.nju/ [eˈbuɦ.nju]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /eˈbuɾ.nju/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /eˈbuʁ.nju/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /eˈbuɻ.nju/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈbuɾ.nju/ [iˈβuɾ.nju]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈbuɾ.nju/ [iˈβuɾ.nju]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈbuɾ.nju/

• Hyphenation: e‧búr‧ne‧o

Adjective

ebúrneo (feminine ebúrnea, masculine plural ebúrneos, feminine plural ebúrneas)

1. ivory (made of ivory)

   Synonym: ebóreo

Further reading

• “ebúrneo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ebúrneo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-

Egyptian ꜣbw

Demotic Egyptian ybbor.?

Latin ebur

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin eburnus

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin eburneusbor.

Spanish ebúrneo

Borrowed from Latin eburneus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈbuɾneo/ [eˈβ̞uɾ.ne.o]
• Rhymes: -uɾneo
• Syllabification: e‧búr‧ne‧o

Adjective

ebúrneo (feminine ebúrnea, masculine plural ebúrneos, feminine plural ebúrneas)

1. (relational) ivory
2. (poetic) ivorylike

See also

• marfil

Further reading

• “ebúrneo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025