ivory
English
/ˈaɪvəɹi/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
- A creamy white color, the color of ivory.
- Something made from or resembling ivory.
- (collective) The teeth.
- (collective) The keys of a piano.
- (slang) A white person.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English yvory derived from ivurie derived from Latin eboreus (in of ivory) derived from Demotic yb (ivory, Elephantine) derived from Egyptian ꜣbw (elephant, ivory, Elephantine, cessation).
Origin
Egyptian
ꜣbw
Gloss
elephant, ivory, Elephantine, cessation
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
象
Emoji
🐘
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bill English
- ivoride English
- ivoried English
- ivorine English
- ivoriness English
- ivorist English
- ivoroid English
- ivorybill English
- ivorylike English
- ivorytype English
- eboreus Latin
- ebur Latin
- avorio Italian
- इभ Sanskrit
- yvory Middle English
- vori Catalan, Valencian
- שנהב Hebrew (modern)
- Ab-b-w-E26, ꜣbw Egyptian
- jrj ꜣbw Egyptian
- n ꜣbw Egyptian
- ꜣbw Egyptian
- ꜣbḏw Egyptian
- vior Volapük
- ivurie xno
- 𒄠𒋛 Akkadian
- yb Demotic
- 𐀁𐀩𐀞 Mycenaean Greek
- *eḷu Proto-Berber