ebony
/ˈɛb.ən.i/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.34 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "“You live up the road past the ebony tree, right?” he asked, looking past me."
- "Near-synonyms: onyx, raven"
- "At dawn the hunters were off. There were fifty sleek, black warriors, and in their midst, lithe and active as a young forest god, strode Tarzan of the Apes, his brown skin contrasting oddly with the ebony of his companions. Except for color he was one of them."
- "Ebony and ivory / Live together in perfect harmony / Side by side on my piano keyboard / Oh lord, why don't we?"
- "Tony had gone into the storage room and gotten two more standing lamps, one placed near the ebonies and ivories."
- "Seats are trimmed in a grey and blue moquette and tables are finished with grey Vyanide tops, gilt edging and ebony legs."
Etymology
Etymology tree Egyptian U13:n-Z4:M3 (hbnj)bor. Ancient Greek ἕβενος (hébenos)bor. Latin hebenus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin ebeniusder. Middle English ebenif English heben, hebeny English ebony From earlier heben, hebeny, from Middle English ebenif, hebenyf (influenced by Late Latin hebeninus), from Ecclesiastical Latin ebenius (“of ebony”), from Latin hebenus (“ebon tree”), from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos), from Egyptian hbnj, U13:n-Z4:M3
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ebenif, ebenius, hebenus, ἔβενος, hbnj
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɛb.ən.i/
- British English: /ˈɛb.ən.i/