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muckefuck ([personal profile] muckefuck) wrote2009-01-13 03:30 pm
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WotD: ivory

  1. elfenbeinfarben
  2. ivoorwit
  3. de color marfil
  4. de color vori
  5. ivoire
  6. ifori
  7. ar dhath an eabhair
  8. 상아색의 (象牙色의)
  9. 象牙色 xiàngyásè

[identity profile] itchwoot.livejournal.com 2009-01-13 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Wouldn't elfenbeinfarben be ivory-colored?

[identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com 2009-01-13 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
In some contexts, possibly, but one generally says, "ivory paint", "ivory paper", "ivory skin", etc. without any need to specify that only the colour is intended. I don't believe the same is possible with elfenbein, but do correct me if I'm wrong.

[identity profile] itchwoot.livejournal.com 2009-01-13 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Elfenbeinfarbene Farbe" sounds pretty stupid, but it's apparently in use, so you're probably right. Although Elfenbeinpapier exists... I don't know whether it's the same as ivory paper.

Nobody talks about ivory itself nowadays, eh?

[identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com 2009-01-13 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Nur wenn es Erbstück ist!