cinabre

French

cinabre

Alternative forms

• cinnabre, cinobre, cinnobre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French cinabre, from Latin cinnabaris, from Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari).

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Noun

cinabre m (plural cinabres)

1. (mineralogy) cinnabar

Descendants

• → Dutch: cinnaber

Further reading

• “cinabre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cinábrio

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈna.bɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈna.bɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈna.bɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈna.bɾɨ/ [siˈna.βɾɨ]

• Hyphenation: ci‧na‧bre

Noun

cinabre m (plural cinabres)

1. cinnabar (mineral)

Further reading

• “cinabre”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cinabre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026