sinople
English
Alternative forms
- sinoper, zinopre, synopre, synopar, zenober, synopeir, synapour, synamer, synaper
Etymology
From Old French sinople, from Latin Sinōpis, from Ancient Greek Σινωπίς (Sinōpís, “of Sinope”).
Noun
sinople (countable and uncountable, 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
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
sinople m (plural sinoples)
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
sinople m (plural sinoples)
Further reading
- “sinople”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Old French
Noun
sinople oblique singular, m (oblique plural sinoples, nominative singular sinoples, nominative plural sinople)
Portuguese
Noun
sinople m (plural sinoples)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
sinople m or f (masculine and feminine plural sinoples)
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