marfil
Catalan
Etymology
From Arabic عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, “elephant-bone”), from عَظْم (ʕaẓm, “bone”) + فِيل (fīl, “elephant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
marfil m (plural marfils)
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.
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish almalfil, from Arabic عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, “elephant-bone”), from عَظْم (ʕaẓm, “bone”) + فِيل (fīl, “elephant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
marfil m (plural marfiles)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “marfil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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