sinople
sinople noun: a shade of red; sinoper.
Noun
sinople (countable and uncountable, plural sinoples)
- A shade of red; sinoper.
- Sinoper, a kind of red earth historically used as a pigment, originally imported to Greece from Sinope in Paphlagonia.
- Ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia.
- Vert (green).
- 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
- Espinosa (Spain and Flanders) : Argent, a tree terrassé sinople, accosted by two wolves affrontés, sable […]1903, Isidore Singer, Cyrus Adler, The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day...
Forms of sinople
| plural | sinoples |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cinople |
| alternative form | sinoper |
| alternative form | sinopre |
| alternative form | synopre |
| alternative form | synopar |
| alternative form | synopeir |
| alternative form | synapour |
| alternative form | sinaper |
| alternative form | synaper |
Origin of sinople
From Old French sinople, from Latin Sinōpis, from Ancient Greek Σινωπίς (Sinōpís, “of Sinope”), a town that exported a red ocher. The unexpected change to meaning "green" in heraldry occurred in French texts around 1350 for unclear reasons.
Questions about sinople
- What does sinople mean?
- Sinople means a shade of red; sinoper.
- What part of speech is sinople?
- Sinople is a noun.
- What is the plural of sinople?
- The plural of sinople is sinoples.
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