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sinople

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sino-ple
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shade of red; sinoper.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Sinoper, a kind of red earth historically used as a pigment, originally imported to Greece from Sinope in Paphlagonia.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Vert (green).

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sinople, Sinōpis, Σινωπίς

Usage

Inflected Forms

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

Questions

What does sinople mean?
A shade of red; sinoper.
Where does sinople come from?
It is traced to Old French.

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