sinople

Alternative forms

• sinoper, zinopre, synopre, synopar, zenober, synopeir, synapour, synamer, synaper

Etymology

From Old French sinople, from Latin Sinōpis, from Ancient Greek Σινωπίς (Sinōpís, “of Sinope”).

Noun

sinople (plural sinoples)

1. (obsolete) A shade of red; sinoper.
2. (obsolete) Sinoper, a kind of red earth historically used as a pigment, originally imported to Greece from Sinope in Paphlagonia.
3. (mineralogy) ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia.
4. (obsolete, heraldry) Vert.
   • 1903, George Field, Ellis A. Davidson, A grammar of colouring, applied to decorative painting and the arts

     In heraldry, sinople (the green of blazonry) also signified love, joy, abundance.

Anagrams

• epsilon, pile ons, pile-ons, piles on, pinoles

Noun

sinople m (plural sinoples)

1. (heraldry) vert

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Sinopis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.nɔpl/

Noun

sinople m (plural sinoples)

1. (heraldry) sinople, vert
2. (geology) sinople

Further reading

• “sinople” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• épilons, epsilon, pelions

Noun

sinople m (oblique plural sinoples, nominative singular sinoples, nominative plural sinople)

1. (heraldry) vert (the green colour)

Noun

sinople m (plural sinoples)

1. (heraldry) vert (the green colour)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈnople/

Adjective

sinople (plural sinoples)

1. (heraldry) vert