orpiment

English

Orpiment

Alternative forms

• auripigment

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Latin auripigmentum (“orpiment”), from aurum (“gold”) + pigmentum (“pigment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːpɪmənt/

Noun

orpiment (countable and uncountable, plural orpiments)

1. arsenic trisulphide, occurring naturally in crystals or massive deposits, formerly used as a dye or pigment

Derived terms

• red orpiment
• yellow orpiment

Translations

arsenic trisulphide

• Arabic: رَهَج أَصْفَر m (rahaj ʔaṣfar)
• Armenian: զառիկ (hy) (zaṙik)
• Catalan: orpiment (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雌黃／雌黄 (zh) (cíhuáng), 雌黄 (zh) (cíhuáng)

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• German: Auripigment (de) n, Opperment n, gelbes Schwefelarsenik n, gelbe Arsenblende f, Rauschgelb n
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀρσενικόν n (arsenikón)

• Latin: auripigmentum n
• Russian: аурипигме́нт (ru) m (auripigmént)
• Spanish: oropimente m

See also

• realgar
• cinnabar

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Orpiment”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “orpiment”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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