cinnabar
/ˈsɪn.əˌbɑɹ//ˈsɪn.əˌbɑː(ɹ)/
cinnabar noun: a deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
Noun
cinnabar (countable and uncountable, plural cinnabars)
- A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
- Synonyms:
- æthiops mineral
- A bright red colour tinted with orange.
- A species of erebid moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
- There are a few day-flying exceptions such as hummingbird hawk-moths, silver Ys, cinnabars, scarlet tigers and burnets but, in general, knowledge of moths lags behind that of butterflies.2015, Norman Maclean, A Less Green and Pleasant Land, page 223
- Synonyms:
- cinnabar moth
- Synonym of dragon's blood (“type of resin”).
- Synonyms:
- dragon's blood
Adjective
cinnabar (comparative more cinnabar, superlative most cinnabar)
- Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.
cinnabar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Punjabi
cinnabar in Hindi
- mineral
- ईंगुर īṅgur, हिंगुल hiṅgul
cinnabar in Tamil
- இங்குலிகம், இலிங்கம்
cinnabar in Bengali
- পারদ সালফাইডের লাল খনিজ, লাল রঙ
cinnabar in Punjabi
- cinnabar; mercuric sulphide
- ਸੰਧੂਰ sandhūr
More languagesFewer languages
- cinnabar in Gujarati
- હિંગળોક hiṅgaḷok
- cinnabar in Sanskrit
- हिङ्गुल hiṅgula, रक्त rakta, रञ्जन rañjana
- cinnabar in Assamese
- হেঙুলবুলীয়া heṅulobulia, হেঙুল heṅul
- cinnabar in Arabic
- زِنْجَفْر zinjafr
- cinnabar in Malay
- batu kawi
- cinnabar in Indonesian
- sinabar
- cinnabar in Persian
- شنگرفی šangarfi, شنگرف šangarf
- cinnabar in Thai
- ชาด châat
- cinnabar in Vietnamese
- chu sa
Synonyms of cinnabar
Forms of cinnabar
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cinnabars |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more cinnabar |
| superlative | most cinnabar |
Origin of cinnabar
First attested in the mid-15th century. From Middle English cynabare, from Old French cinabre, from Latin cinnabaris, from Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari), of unknown origin.
Words formed from cinnabar
Phrases with cinnabar
Questions about cinnabar
- What does cinnabar mean?
- Cinnabar means a deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
- What is cinnabar in Hindi?
- Cinnabar in Hindi is ईंगुर (īṅgur), हिंगुल (hiṅgul). See Cinnabar meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cinnabar?
- Cinnabar can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce cinnabar?
- Cinnabar is pronounced /ˈsɪn.əˌbɑɹ/.
- What is the plural of cinnabar?
- The plural of cinnabar is cinnabars.
Words near cinnabar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cinnabar (page history and authors); cinnabar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cinnabar (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸੰਧੂਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); रक्त (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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