ivory

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• /ˈaɪv(ə)ɹi/
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From Middle English yvory, ivorie, from Anglo-Norman ivurie, from Latin eboreus (“in or of ivory”) adjective of ebur (“ivory”) (genitive eboris), from Demotic Egyptian yb (“ivory, Elephantine”) (compare Coptic ⲓⲏⲃ (iēb, “Elephantine”)), from Egyptian ꜣbw (“elephant, ivory, Elephantine”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-. Displaced native Old English elpendbān (literally “elephant bone”).

The surname is habitational from Ivry in Normandy, and in some cases patronymic from a diminutive of Ivor. The modern given name is associated with ivory.

194 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: от слонова кост (ot slonova kost) — made of ivory
• Catalan: eburni — made of ivory
• Czech: slonovinový — made of ivory
• Dutch: ivoren — made of ivory
• Esperanto: ebura — made of ivory
• Finnish: norsunluinen — made of ivory
• German: elfenbeinern — made of ivory
• German: Elfenbein- — made of ivory
• Ancient Greek: ἐλεφάντινος (elephántinos) — made of ivory
• Ido: ivora — made of ivory
• Ido: ivorala — made of ivory
• Irish: eabhair — made of ivory
• Italian: eburneo — made of ivory
• Italian: avorio — made of ivory
• Latin: eburneus — made of ivory
• Malay: gading — made of ivory
• Old English: elpendbǣnen — made of ivory
• Portuguese: ebóreo — made of ivory
• Portuguese: ebúrneo — made of ivory
• Portuguese: de marfim — made of ivory
• Romanian: de fildeș — made of ivory
• Romanian: din fildeș — made of ivory
• Campidanese Sardinian: marfilu — made of ivory
• Sassarese: aboriu — made of ivory
• Slovak: slonovinový — made of ivory
• Spanish: de marfil — made of ivory
• Spanish: ebúrneo — made of ivory
• Swedish: elfenbens- — made of ivory
• Swedish: Elfenbens- — made of ivory
• Ottoman Turkish: فیل دیشی (fil dişi) — made of ivory
• Welsh: ifori — made of ivory
• Catalan: eburni — having colour of ivory
• Dutch: ivoorkleurig — having colour of ivory
• Dutch: ivoorkleurige — having colour of ivory
• Finnish: norsunluunvalkoinen — having colour of ivory
• German: elfenbeinfarben — having colour of ivory
• German: elfenbeinfarbig — having colour of ivory
• Ido: ivorea — having colour of ivory
• Irish: eabhartha — having colour of ivory
• Italian: eburneo — having colour of ivory
• Latin: eburneus — having colour of ivory
• Malay: gading — having colour of ivory
• Romanian: alb-ivoriu — having colour of ivory
• Campidanese Sardinian: marfilu — having colour of ivory
• Sassarese: aboriu — having colour of ivory
• Swedish: elfenbensfärgad — having colour of ivory
• Welsh: ifori — having colour of ivory
• Afar: qaag — material
• Afrikaans: ivoor — material
• Afrikaans: elpebeen — material
• Akkadian: 𒅗 — material
• Amharic: የዝሆን ጥርስ (yäzhon ṭərs) — material
• Arabic: عَاج (ʕāj) — material
• Arabic: عاج (ʕāg) — material
• Armenian: փղոսկր (pʻġoskr) — material
• Azerbaijani: fil sümüyü — material
• Azerbaijani: fil dişi — material
• Basque: boli — material
• Belarusian: слано́вая косць (slanóvaja koscʹ) — material
• Central Bikol: gading — material
• Bulgarian: сло́нова кост (slónova kost) — material
• Burmese: ဆင်စွယ် (hcangcwai) — material
• Catalan: ivori — material
• Catalan: vori — material
• Catalan: marfil — material
• Chinese Mandarin: 象牙 (xiàngyá) — material
• Crimean Tatar: fil tişi — material
• Czech: slonovina — material
• Danish: elfenben — material
• Dutch: ivoor — material
• Egyptian: Ab-b-w-qs (ꜣbw) — material
• Esperanto: eburo — material
• Estonian: elevandiluu — material
• Faroese: fílabein — material
• Finnish: norsunluu — material
• French: ivoire — material
• Old French: olifan — material
• Galician: marfil — material
• Georgian: სპილოს ძვალი (sṗilos ʒvali) — material
• German: Elfenbein — material
• Greek: φίλντισι (fílntisi) — material
• Ancient Greek: ἐλέφας (eléphas) — material
• Gujarati: હાથીદાંત (hāthīdā̃t) — material
• Hausa: hauren giwa — material
• Hawaiian: niho ʻelepani — material
• Hebrew: שֶׁנְהָב (shenhav) — material
• Hindi: हाथीदांत (hāthīdānt) — material
• Hindi: हाथी दांत (hāthī dānt) — material
• Hindi: गजदन्त (gajdant) — material
• Hungarian: elefántcsont — material
• Icelandic: fílabein — material
• Icelandic: fílsbein — material
• Ido: ivoro — material
• Indonesian: gading — material
• Irish: eabhar — material
• Italian: avorio — material
• Japanese: 象牙 (zōge) — material
• Kalmyk: занын ясн (zanyn yasn) — material
• Khmer: ទន្ត (tŏən) — material
• Khmer: ភ្លុក (phluk) — material
• Kikuyu: mũguongo — material
• Korean: 상아 (sang'a) — material
• Latin: ebur — material
• Latvian: ziloņkauls — material
• Lithuanian: dramblio kaulo — material
• Luxembourgish: Elfebeen — material
• Macedonian: слонова коска (slonova koska) — material
• Malay: gading — material
• Maltese: avorju — material
• Māori: rei — material
• Mauritian Creole: ivwar — material
• Middle English: elpes bon — material
• Middle English: ivorie — material
• Middle English: yvory — material
• Mongolian: зааны яс (zaany jas) — material
• Classical Nahuatl: tlanomitl — material
• Classical Nahuatl: mazātl elefante īcōātlan — material
• Norman: iviéthe — material
• Norwegian Bokmål: elfenbein — material
• Norwegian Bokmål: elfenben — material
• Norwegian Nynorsk: elfenbein — material
• Norwegian Nynorsk: filsbein — material
• Old English: elpendbān — material
• Pannonian Rusyn: єлефантова косц (jelefantova kosc) — material
• Pannonian Rusyn: слонова косц (slonova kosc) — material
• Persian: عاج ('âj) — material
• Persian: پیلسته (piloste) — material
• Plautdietsch: Aulfenbeen — material
• Pohnpeian: aipori — material
• Polish: kość słoniowa — material
• Portuguese: marfim — material
• Romanian: fildeș — material
• Romanian: ivoriu — material
• Romansh: ivur — material
• Russian: слоно́вая кость (slonóvaja kostʹ) — material
• Samoan: nifo elefane — material
• Campidanese Sardinian: marfilu — material
• Sassarese: aboriu — material
• Serbo-Croatian: сло̀новача — material
• Serbo-Croatian: бје̏локо̄ст — material
• Serbo-Croatian: slònovača — material
• Serbo-Croatian: bjȅlokōst — material
• Slovak: slonovina — material
• Slovene: slonovina — material
• Somali: caag — material
• Spanish: marfil — material
• Swahili: pembe za ndovu — material
• Swedish: elfenben — material
• Tagalog: garing — material
• Tajik: устухони фил (ustuxon-i fil) — material
• Thai: งาช้าง (ngaa cháang) — material
• Tibetan: བལ་སོ (bal so) — material
• Turkish: fildişi — material
• Ottoman Turkish: فیل دیشی (fil dişi) — material
• Ukrainian: слоно́ва кі́стка (slonóva kístka) — material
• Urdu: ہاتھی دانت (hāthī dānt) — material
• Uzbek: fil suyagi — material
• Vietnamese: ngà voi — material
• Vietnamese: ngà — material
• Volapük: vior — material
• Walloon: ivwere — material
• Waray-Waray: gading — material
• Welsh: ifori — material
• Yiddish: העלפֿאַנדביין (helfandbeyn) — material
• Arabic: عَاجِيّ (ʕājiyy) — colour
• Arabic: عَاجِيَّة (ʕājiyya) — colour
• Bulgarian: сло́нова кост (slónova kost) — colour
• Catalan: ivori — colour
• Catalan: vori — colour
• Catalan: marfil — colour
• Dutch: ivoorkleur — colour
• Estonian: elevandiluuvärv — colour
• Finnish: norsunluunvalkoinen — colour
• French: ivoire — colour
• Galician: marfil — colour
• German: Elfenbein — colour
• German: Elfenbeinfarbe — colour
• Hungarian: elefántcsontszín — colour
• Ido: ivoreo — colour
• Ido: ivorkoloro — colour
• Irish: dath an eabhair — colour
• Korean: 상아색 (sang'asaek) — colour
• Korean: 아이보리 (aibori) — colour
• Malay: gading — colour
• Portuguese: ebúrneo — colour
• Portuguese: ebóreo — colour
• Portuguese: marfim — colour
• Romanian: alb-ivoriu — colour
• Russian: слоно́вая кость (slonóvaja kostʹ) — colour
• Russian: цвет слоно́вой ко́сти (cvet slonóvoj kósti) — colour
• Spanish: ebúrneo — colour
• Swedish: elfenbensfärg — colour
• Swedish: elfenbensvitt — colour
• Thai: สีงาช้าง — colour