Definition
A dark, hard material made from rubber or plastic designed to resemble ebony wood.
Etymology
A portmanteau combining ebony with a suffix suggesting imitation or material variation, likely 19th-century industrial nomenclature created to describe synthetic ebony substitutes.
Kelly Says
Ebonige represents a fascinating moment in history when chemists and manufacturers tried to create affordable alternatives to expensive ebony—it's the ancestor of modern synthetic materials that now dominate manufacturing.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እብን ማድረግ
eh-ben ma-dreg
ARالعربية
صبغ أبن
ṣabgh ibn
BNবাংলা
এবোনীকরণ
eh-bo-nee-ko-ron
CACatalà
ebonitzar
eh-bo-ni-tar
CSČeština
ebonizovat
eh-bo-ni-zo-vat
DADansk
ebonere
eh-bo-ne-re
DEDeutsch
ebonieren
eh-be-ni-ren
ELΕλληνικά
επεξεργασία εβενο
ep-e-per-ga-sia eh-ve-no
ESEspañol
ebonizar
eh-bo-ni-zar
FISuomi
ebonoida
eh-bo-noi-da
FRFrançais
ébéniser
eh-be-ni-ser
HEעברית
להקשות אבן
le-hak-sheth av-en
HIहिन्दी
एबोनीकृत करना
eh-bo-nee-kre-t karna
HUMagyar
ebonizálni
eh-bo-ni-za-li
IDBahasa Indonesia
ebonisasi
eh-bo-ni-sa-si
ITItaliano
ebanizzare
eh-ba-ni-zar-re
MSBahasa Melayu
ebonisasi
eh-bo-ni-sa-si
MYမြန်မာ
အဘုံပြု
a-bo-un-pyu
NLNederlands
eboneren
eh-bo-ne-ren
NONorsk
ebonere
eh-bo-ne-re
PLPolski
ebonizować
eh-bo-ni-zo-vat
PTPortuguês
eboniar
eh-bo-nee-ar
RORomână
eboniza
eh-bo-ni-za
RUРусский
эбонизировать
eh-bo-ni-zi-ro-vat
SVSvenska
ebonera
eh-bo-ne-ra
SWKiswahili
ebonisha
eh-bo-ni-sha
TAதமிழ்
எபனி செய்
e-pani sei
TEతెలుగు
ఎబనీ చేయడం
e-ba-nee che-ya-dam
THไทย
เคลือบดำ
khlueb dam
TRTürkçe
ebonize etmek
eh-bo-ni-ze eh-k
UKУкраїнська
ебонізувати
eh-bo-ni-zu-vaty
URاردو
اِبن کرنا
ibn karna
VITiếng Việt
ebon hóa
eh-bo-n ho-a