marfil
Catalan
Etymology
From Arabic عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʿaẓm al-fīl, “elephant-bone”), from عَظْم (ʿaẓm, “bone”) + فِيل (fīl, “elephant”).
Pronunciation
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish almalfil, from Arabic عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʿaẓm al-fīl, “elephant-bone”), from عَظْم (ʿaẓm, “bone”) + فِيل (fīl, “elephant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /marˈfil/
Derived terms
- Costa de Marfil (República de Costa de Marfil)
- laguna de Marfil
- torre de marfil
Further reading
- “marfil” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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