Vermilion is made from cinnabar, which is toxic.
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Cinnabar
//ˈsɪn.əˌbɑɹ//
Synonyms for "cinnabar" (15 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (5)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (7)
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3 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
8 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
81 translations across 42 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τιγγάβαρι noun (mineral)
Arabic
1 entries- زِنْجَفْر noun (mineral)
Armenian
1 entries- կինաբար noun (mineral)
Assamese
2 entries- হেঙুল noun (mineral)
- হেঙুলবুলীয়া noun (color)
Bulgarian
2 entries- киновар noun (mineral)
- цинобър noun (color)
Catalan
1 entries- cinabri noun (mineral)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 丹 adj (of a bright red colour)
- 丹砂 noun (mineral)
- 朱砂 noun (mineral)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲕⲉⲛⲛⲁⲃⲉⲣⲉⲟⲥ noun (mineral)
Dutch
3 entries- cinnaber noun (mineral)
- cinnaber noun (color)
- vermiljoen noun (mineral)
Esperanto
1 entries- cinabro noun (mineral)
Estonian
1 entries- kinaver noun (mineral)
Finnish
3 entries- sinooperinpunainen adj (of a bright red colour)
- sinooperi noun (mineral)
- sinooperinpunainen noun (color)
French
1 entries- cinabre noun (mineral)
Georgian
1 entries- ცინაბარი noun (mineral)
German
2 entries- Zinnober noun (mineral)
- Zinnober noun (color)
Gujarati
1 entries- હિંગળોક noun (mineral)
Hebrew
1 entries- צינובר noun (mineral)
Hindi
1 entries- सिंगरिफ़ noun (mineral)
Indonesian
1 entries- sinabar noun (mineral)
Irish
3 entries- cionnabar noun (mineral)
- cionnabar noun (color)
- leamhan flanndearg noun (moth)
Italian
1 entries- cinabro noun (mineral)
Japanese
4 entries- 丹 noun (mineral)
- 丹 noun (color)
- 丹朱 noun (mineral)
- 丹砂 noun (mineral)
Korean
2 entries- 단사 noun (mineral)
- 주사 noun (mineral)
Latin
1 entries- anthrax noun (mineral)
Macedonian
2 entries- киновар noun (mineral)
- цинобер noun (color)
Malay
1 entries- batu kawi noun (mineral)
Norwegian
2 entries- sinober noun (mineral)
- sinober noun (color)
Old Armenian
3 entries- կինաբառիս noun (mineral)
- կինաբարիս noun (mineral)
- տինաբառիս noun (mineral)
Persian
2 entries- شنگرف noun (mineral)
- شنگرفی noun (color)
Polish
4 entries- cynobrowy adj (of a bright red colour)
- cynober noun (mineral)
- cynober noun (color)
- marzymłódka proporzec noun (moth)
Portuguese
1 entries- cinabre noun (mineral)
Romanian
4 entries- chinovar noun (mineral)
- cinabru noun (mineral)
- cinabru noun (color)
- vermillon noun (mineral)
Russian
3 entries- ки́новарь noun (mineral)
- ки́новарь noun (color)
- кита́йский кра́сный noun (color)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- cinabarit noun (mineral)
Slovak
2 entries- cinabarit noun (mineral)
- rumelka noun (mineral)
Spanish
1 entries- cinabrio noun (mineral)
Swedish
1 entries- cinnober noun (mineral)
Thai
1 entries- ชาด noun (mineral)
Turkish
2 entries- sülüğen noun (mineral)
- zincifre noun (mineral)
Ukrainian
2 entries- кі́нова́р noun (mineral)
- цино́бра noun (mineral)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chu sa noun (mineral)
Yup'ik
1 entries- al'tuutaq noun (mineral)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
There are a few day-flying exceptions such as hummingbird hawk-moths, silver Ys, cinnabars, scarlet tigers and burnets but, in general, knowledge of moths lags behind that of butterflies.
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