Elfenbeinturm
German (Berlin)
/ˈɛlfn̩baɪ̯nˌtʊʁm/
noun
Definitions
- (idiomatic) ivory tower
Etymology
Affix from German Elfenbein (ivory) + German Turm (tower, spire, steeple).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Turm
Gloss
tower, spire, steeple
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
楼, 塔
Emoji
🗼
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- turrem Latin
- turris Latin
- Aussichtsturm German
- Bein German
- Eiffelturm German
- Elefant German
- Elfe German
- Elfenbein German
- Elfenbeinküste German
- Fallturm German
- Feuerturm German
- Fährturm German
- Glockenturm German
- Kirchturm German
- Kühlturm German
- Leuchtturm German
- Pulverturm German
- Sprungturm German
- Turm German
- Turmbauer German
- Turmfalke German
- Turmspitze German
- Turmuhr German
- Uhrenturm German
- Wachturm German
- Wasserturm German
- Zwiebelturm German
- torony Hungarian
- elfenbein Norwegian Bokmål
- elfenben Norwegian Bokmål
- elfenben Swedish
- elfenbein Norwegian Nynorsk
- elfenben Danish
- turn Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- helfantbein Old High German
- torn Old High German
- turmo Ido
- helfenbein Middle High German
- turn Middle High German
- Elfebeen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Tuerm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- torm Lower Sorbian
- tüm Volapük