transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈīv-rē, ˈī-və-rē ]
noun
( plural -ries )
Etymology: Middle English ivorie, from Anglo-French ivoire, ivurie, from Latin eboreus of ivory, from ebor-, ebur ivory, from Egyptian ˒ʾ b, ˒ʾ bw elephant, ivory
Date: 13th century
1.
a. : the hard creamy-white modified dentine that composes the tusks of a tusked mammal (as an elephant, walrus, or narwhal)
b. : a tusk that yields ivory
2. : a variable color averaging a pale yellow
3. slang : tooth
4. : something (as a piano key) made of ivory or of a similar substance
• ivory adjective