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English
Image:Ivory_decoration.jpg|thumb|right|250px|An ivory decoration (1)-(3)

Etymology
From Old French yvoire (modern ivoire), from Latin ebur �ivory�, related to Egyptian Abw, Coptic ebou �elephant�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�aɪv�ri/
SAMPA|/"aIv(@)ri/

Hyphenation: i·vo·ry

Noun
en-noun|ivor|ies|-

1. uncountable The hard white form of dentine which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
2. colour A creamy white color|colour, the colour of ivory.

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1. Something made from or resembling ivory.
2. (collective singular or in plural) The teeth.
3. (collective singular or in plural) The keys of a piano.

Translations

trans-top|material
Arabic: ARchar|عاج (��j) m
Chinese: 象� (xiàngyá)
Czech: slonovina f
Danish: elfenben n
Dutch: ivoor n
Finnish: norsunluu
French: ivoire m
German: Elfenbein n
Italian: avorio m
Japanese: 象� (���, z�ge)
Latin: ebur n
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Old English: elpendban|elpendb�n n
Persian: FAchar|عاج (âj)
Polish: ko�� s�oniowa f
Portuguese: marfim m
Russian: �лонова� ко��� (slonóvaja kost�) f
Serbian: slonova�a f
Slovene: slonovina f
Spanish: marfil m
Swedish: elfenben n
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trans-top|colour
Dutch: ivoorkleur f
German: Elfenbein n
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Swedish: elfenbensfärg c, elfenbensvitt n
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ttbc|Breton: olifant m, ivor m (1)
ttbc|Indonesian: gading
ttbc|Interlingua: ebore
ttbc|Latin: ebur
ttbc|Volapük: vior
ttbc|Malay: gading

See also
Galalith

Adjective
en-adj-notcomp

1. Made of ivory.
2. Resembling or having the colour of ivory.

Translations
trans-top|made of ivory
Dutch: ivoren
Finnish: norsunluinen
Portuguese: ebóreo m, ebórea f, ebúrneo m, ebúrnea f, de marfim
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Spanish: de marfil
Swedish: elfenbens-
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trans-top|having colour of ivory
Dutch: ivoorkleurig, ivoorkleurige
German: elfenbeinfarben
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Swedish: elfenbensfärgad
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ttbc|Interlingua: eboree
ttbc|Volapük: viorik

Derived terms
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ivory tower
ivory black
Ivory Coast
ivory gull
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ivory nut
ivory palm
ivory-billed woodpecker
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ivory-nut palm
ivory-white
vegetable ivory

Related terms
chryselephantine
eburnation

See also
odontolite
scrimshaw
whalebone
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

Category:Colors
Category:Elephants
Category:Whites

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