ivoire

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin eboreum, from ebur, eboris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.vwaʁ/

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Noun

ivoire m (plural ivoires)

1. ivory

Derived terms

• Côte d’Ivoire
• tour d’ivoire

Further reading

• “ivoire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Noun

ivoire oblique singular, m (oblique plural ivoires, nominative singular ivoires, nominative plural ivoire)

1. 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