ivoire
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French, from Latin eboreum, from ebur, eboris.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ivoire m (plural ivoires)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “ivoire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
ivoire oblique singular, m (oblique plural ivoires, nominative singular ivoires, nominative plural ivoire)
- ivory
- c. 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:
- ne diroit mie que li dant
ne fussent d'ivoire ou d'argent- you wouldn't say that the teeth are made of ivory or of silver
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