marfil
Spanish, noun/maɾˈfil/
marfil is spelled M-A-R-F-I-L (6 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,985th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marfil is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ivory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Material blanco y duro que forma los colmillos o caninos de animales como los elefantes, morsas, hipopótamos…”.
What does marfil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineivory
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Material blanco y duro que forma los colmillos o caninos de animales como los elefantes, morsas, hipopótamos, etc. 2. Color blanco con tono algo amarillento muy claro.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of marfil
- marfiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marfil?
- /maɾˈfil/
- [maɾˈfil]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marfil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marfil in Spanish?
marfil appears 5.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).