Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chryselephantine

/kɹɪsɛlɪˈfæntɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: chry-se-le-phan-tine
IPA: /kɹɪsɛlɪˈfæntɪn/

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Made of gold and ivory.

Example Sentences

"I drew near and perceived that the light came from a precious stone as big as an ostrich egg, set at the upper end of the alcove upon a little chryselephantine couch of ivory and gold; and this jewel, blazing like the sun, cast its rays wide and side."

Etymology

Etymology tree Phoenician 𐤇𐤓𐤑 (ḥrṣ)bor.? Proto-Hellenic *kʰrusós Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós) Proto-Afroasiatic *leb- Egyptian ꜣbwbor.? Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Ancient Greek -ινος (-inos) Ancient Greek ἐλεφάντινος (elephántinos) Ancient Greek χρυσελεφάντινος (khruselephántinos)bor. English chryselephantine From Ancient Greek χρυσελεφάντινος (khruselephántinos), from χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) + ἐλεφάντινος (elephántinos, “of ivory”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: χρυσελεφάντινος

Questions

How do you pronounce chryselephantine?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɹɪsɛlɪˈfæntɪn/.
What does chryselephantine mean?: Made of gold and ivory.
Where does chryselephantine come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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