chryselephantine
/kɹɪsɛlɪˈfæntɪn/adjective
chryselephantine is spelled C-H-R-Y-S-E-L-E-P-H-A-N-T-I-N-E: 16 letters. It appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, chryselephantine means “Made of gold and ivory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in chryselephantine?
| Letters | 16: C-H-R-Y-S-E-L-E-P-H-A-N-T-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 89 million words; the 301,415th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is chryselephantine?
Chryselephantine appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce chryselephantine?
- /kɹɪsɛlɪˈfæntɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Eleanorrrrrrrrrr-chryselephantine.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does chryselephantine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Made of gold and ivory.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chryselephantine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense made of gold and ivory:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chryséléphantin |
| German | chryselephantin |
| Portuguese | criselefantino |
| Spanish | criselefantino |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does chryselephantine come from?
From Ancient Greek χρυσελεφάντινος (khruselephántinos), from χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) + ἐλεφάντινος (elephántinos, “of ivory”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).