cinnabar

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Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭ ʹ-nə-bär, IPA: /ˈsɪnəbɑɹ/
• (AU) IPA: [ˈsɪ.nə.baː(ɹ)]
• (RP) IPA: [ˈsɪ.nə.bɑː(ɹ)]
• (America) IPA: [ˈsɪ.nə.bɑɹ]

Noun

cinnabar

1. A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
2. A bright red colour tinted with orange.

    

3. (countable) A species of moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.

   Synonyms: cinnabar moth

4. "Cinnabar Panacea"; the Elixir of Life.

Translations

• French: cinabre
• German: Zinnober
• Italian: cinabro
• Portuguese: cinabre
• Russian: ки́новарь
• Spanish: cinabrio

Translations

• German: Zinnober

Adjective

cinnabar

1. Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.

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