cinnabar

English

Wikipedia

Cinnabar mineral (1)

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭ ʹ-nə-bär, IPA: /ˈsɪnəbɑr/, X-SAMPA: /"sIn@bAr/
• (Australia) IPA: [ˈsɪ.nə.baː(ɹ)], X-SAMPA: ["sI.n@.ba:(r\)]
• (RP) IPA: [ˈsɪ.nə.bɑː(ɹ)], X-SAMPA: ["sI.n@.bA:(r\)]
• (US) IPA: [ˈsɪ.nə.bɑɹ], X-SAMPA: ["sI.n@.bAr\]

Noun

cinnabar (usually uncountable; plural cinnabars)

1. A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
2. A bright red colour tinted with orange.

   cinnabar colour:

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Translations

mineral

• Bulgarian: киновар (bg) (kinovar) m
• Catalan: cinabri (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 朱砂 (cmn) (zhūshā), 丹砂 (cmn) (dānshā)

• Dutch: vermiljoen (nl)
• Estonian: kinaver (et)
• Finnish: sinooperi (fi)
• French: cinabre (fr) m
• German: Zinnober (de) m
• Italian: cinabro (it) m

• Japanese: 辰砂 (ja) (しんしゃ, shinsha), 辰沙 (ja) (しんしゃ, shinsha), 朱砂 (ja) (すさ, susa), 丹砂 (ja) (たんさ, tansa), 丹朱 (ja) (たんしゅ, tanshu), 丹 (ja) (たん, tan), 朱 (ja) (しゅ, shu)
• Norwegian: sinober (no) m
• Polish: cynober (pl) m
• Russian: ки́новарь (ru) (kínovar') f
• Serbo-Croatian: cinabarit (sh)
• Spanish: cinabrio (es) m
• Vietnamese: chu sa (vi)

color

• Bulgarian: цинобър (bg) (cinobǎr) m
• Finnish: sinooperinpunainen (fi)
• German: Zinnober (de) n
• Japanese: 丹 (ja) (たん / に, tan / ni), 丹色 (ja) (にいろ, niiro), 朱 (ja) (そお / しゅ, sō / shu), 朱 (ja) (そお / しゅ, sō / shu), 朱色 (ja) (しゅいろ / しゅしょく, shuiro / shushoku)

• Norwegian: sinober (no) m
• Polish: cynober (pl) m

Adjective

cinnabar (comparative more cinnabar, superlative most cinnabar)

1. Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.

Derived terms

• cinnabar moth
• hypercinnabar
• metacinnabar

Translations

of a bright red colour

• Finnish: sinooperinpunainen (fi)
• Mandarin: 丹 (dān)

• Polish: cynobrowy (pl) m

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}
• mercury