sinople

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shade of red; sinoper. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  2. Sinoper, a kind of red earth historically used as a pigment, originally imported to Greece from Sinope in Paphlagonia. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  3. Ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia. countable,uncountable
  4. Vert (green). countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — In heraldry, sinople (the green of blazonry) also signified love, joy, abundance.

词形变化

sinoples plural cinople alternative sinoper alternative sinopre alternative sinoper alternative synopre alternative synopar alternative synopeir alternative synapour alternative sinaper alternative synaper alternative

词源

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.
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