ivoire
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