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noun, masculine

marfil

/maɾˈfil/

noun, masculine/maɾˈfil/plural: marfiles

ivory

Related: Costa de Marfil, laguna de Marfil, torre de marfil

Inherited from Old Spanish almalfil, from Arabic عَظْم الْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, literally “elephant bone”) via Andalusian Arabic.