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cipolin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cipolin
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A white-green wavy-banded form of marble, used in buildings in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. It consists of coloured veins of epidote and chlorite.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Italian cipollino (“a little onion”), from cipolla (“onion”) (compare English cibol). So called because its veins consist, like onions, of different strata, one lying upon another.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

cipolins (plural) chipolin (alternative) cipollino (alternative)

Synonyms

chipolin cipollino

Questions

What does cipolin mean?
A white-green wavy-banded form of marble, used in buildings in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. It consists of coloured veins of epidote and chlorite.
Where does cipolin come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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