marfilo
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish marfil (“ivory”), from Old Spanish almalfil, from Arabic عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, “elephant-bone”), from عَظْم (ʕaẓm, “bone”) + فِيل (fīl, “elephant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /marˈfi.lo/
- Rhymes: -ilo
- Hyphenation: mar‧fì‧lo
Noun
marfilo m (plural marfili)
- elephant tusk
See also
- elefante
- zanna
Further reading
- marfilo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- marfilo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams
- formali, formila