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Hungarian
Etymology
elefántcsont (“ivory”) + torony (“tower”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ele‧fánt‧csont‧to‧rony
- Rhymes: -oɲ
Noun
elefántcsonttorony (plural elefántcsonttornyok)
- ivory tower
Declension
Further reading
- elefántcsonttorony in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).