sinople
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- sinoper, zinopre, synopre, synopar, Zenober, Synopeir, Synapour, Synamer, Synaper (etc.)
Etymology [edit]
From Old French sinople, from Latin Sinōpis, from Ancient Greek Σινωπίς (“of Sinope”).
Noun [edit]
sinople (plural sinoples)
- (obsolete) A shade of red; sinoper.
- (obsolete) Sinoper, a kind of red earth historically used as a pigment, originally imported to Greece from Sinope in Paphlagonia.
- (mineralogy) ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia.
- (obsolete, heraldry) Vert.
- 1903, George Field, Ellis A. Davidson, A grammar of colouring, applied to decorative painting and the arts
- In heraldry, sinople (the green of blazonry) also signified love, joy, abundance.
- 1903, George Field, Ellis A. Davidson, A grammar of colouring, applied to decorative painting and the arts
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowed from Latin Sinopis.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /si.nɔpl/
Noun [edit]
sinople m (plural sinoples)
