ivoire
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin eboreum, from ebur, eboris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.vwaʁ/
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “ivoire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Noun
ivoire m (oblique plural ivoires, nominative singular ivoires, nominative plural ivoire)
- ivory
- circa 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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