ivoire
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French, from Latin eboreum, from ebur, eboris.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ivoire m (plural ivoires)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ivoire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
[edit]Noun
[edit]ivoire oblique singular, m (oblique plural ivoires, nominative singular ivoires, nominative plural ivoire)
- ivory
- c. 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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