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cinnabar en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈsɪn.əˌbɑː(ɹ)/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
• sĭnʹ-ə'bär
• /ˈsɪn.əˌbɑɹ/
• /ˈsɪn.əˌbɑɹ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

First attested in the mid-15th century. From Middle English cynabare, from Old French cinabre, from Latin cinnabaris, from Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari), of unknown origin.

Meanings

1. Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.

Forms

Relateds

mercury

Translations (3)

pl cynobrowy (of a bright red colour) · cmn 丹 (of a bright red colour) · fi sinooperinpunainen (of a bright red colour)

cinnabar en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈsɪn.əˌbɑː(ɹ)/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
• sĭnʹ-ə'bär
• /ˈsɪn.əˌbɑɹ/
• /ˈsɪn.əˌbɑɹ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

First attested in the mid-15th century. From Middle English cynabare, from Old French cinabre, from Latin cinnabaris, from Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari), of unknown origin.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
2. (countable, uncountable) A bright red colour tinted with orange.
3. (countable) A species of erebid moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
   • There are a few day-flying exceptions such as hummingbird hawk-moths, silver Ys, cinnabars, scarlet tigers and burnets but, in general, knowledge of moths lags behind that of butterflies. 2015, Norman Maclean, A Less Green and Pleasant Land, page 223:
4. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of dragon's blood (“type of resin”).

Forms

Deriveds

hypercinnabar · cinnabar boobook · green cinnabar · inflammable cinnabar · hepatic cinnabar · metacinnabar · cinnabar moth · cinnabaric

Synonyms

cinnabar moth · æthiops mineral · dragon's blood

Translations (79)

gu હિંગળોક (mineral) · ja 朱 (color) · as হেঙুলবুলীয়া (color) · pl cynober (mineral) · ru кита́йский кра́сный (color) · la anthrax (mineral) · ja 丹色 (color) · ru ки́новарь (mineral) · th ชาด (mineral) · pl marzymłódka proporzec (moth) · no sinober (mineral) · ja 丹 (mineral) · ja 朱 (mineral) · eo cinabro (mineral) · uk цино́бра (mineral) · ga cionnabar (mineral) · ja 丹朱 (mineral) · ca cinabri (mineral) · fa شنگرف (mineral) · ja 辰砂 (mineral) · sk rumelka (mineral) · ko 단사 (mineral) · bg цинобър (color) · ms batu kawi (mineral) · ja 朱砂 (mineral) · mk цинобер (color) · hi ईंगुर (mineral) · xcl կինաբառիս (mineral) · xcl կինաբարիս (mineral) · sk cinabarit (mineral) · ja 丹 (color) · mk киновар (mineral) · no sinober (color) · sh cinabarit (mineral) · tr sülüğen (mineral) · fa شنگرفی (color) · tr zincifre (mineral) · nl vermiljoen (mineral) · ro vermillon (mineral) · hi हिंगुल (mineral) · ja 丹砂 (mineral) · ar زِنْجَفْر (mineral) · ja 朱色 (color) · vi chu sa (mineral) · ro cinabru (mineral) · hy կինաբար (mineral) · fi sinooperinpunainen (color) · nl cinnaber (mineral) · pt cinabre (mineral) · as হেঙুল (mineral) · cmn 朱砂 (mineral) · id sinabar (mineral) · ka ცინაბარი (mineral) · xcl տինաբառիս (mineral) · ro cinabru (color) · sv cinnober (mineral) · esu al'tuutaq (mineral) · ga cionnabar (color) · grc τιγγάβαρι (mineral) · de Zinnober (color) · de Zinnober (mineral) · et kinaver (mineral) · ro chinovar (mineral) · cmn 丹砂 (mineral) · bg киновар (mineral) · ru ки́новарь (color) · pl proporzyca marzymłódka (moth) · nl cinnaber (color) · pl cynober (color) · it cinabro (mineral) · he צינובר (mineral) · ga leamhan flanndearg (moth) · cop ⲕⲉⲛⲛⲁⲃⲉⲣⲉⲟⲥ (mineral) · es cinabrio (mineral) · uk кі́нова́р (mineral) · fi sinooperi (mineral) · fr cinabre (mineral) · ko 주사 (mineral) · ja 辰沙 (mineral)