ebúrneo

See also: eburneo

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin eburneus.

Adjective

ebúrneo (feminine ebúrnea, masculine plural ebúrneos, feminine plural ebúrneas)

1. (relational) ivory
2. (poetic) ivorylike

Further reading

• “ebúrneo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin eburneus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈbuʁ.ne.u/ [eˈbuɦ.ne.u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈbuʁ.ne.u/ [eˈbuɦ.ne.u]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /eˈbuɾ.ne.u/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /eˈbuʁ.ne.u/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈbuɻ.ne.o/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈbuɾ.nju/ [iˈβuɾ.nju]

• Hyphenation: e‧búr‧ne‧o

Adjective

ebúrneo (feminine ebúrnea, masculine plural ebúrneos, feminine plural ebúrneas)

1. ivory (made of ivory)

   Synonym: ebóreo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin eburneus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈbuɾneo/ [eˈβ̞uɾ.ne.o]
• Rhymes: -uɾneo
• Syllabification: e‧búr‧ne‧o

Adjective

ebúrneo (feminine ebúrnea, masculine plural ebúrneos, feminine plural ebúrneas)

1. (relational) ivory
2. (poetic) ivorylike

See also

• marfil

Further reading

• “ebúrneo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014