The compounds formed by the combination of the peroxide of lead with the protoxide have received the general name of miniums, and are known in commerce as red lead.
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Minium
Synonyms for "minium" (2 found)
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Translations
25 translations across 22 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μίνιον noun (red lead)
Armenian
1 entries- սուսր noun (red lead)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- sülügən noun (red lead)
Bulgarian
1 entries- миниум noun (red lead)
Catalan
1 entries- mini noun (red lead)
Czech
1 entries- suřík noun (red lead)
Danish
1 entries- mønje noun (red lead)
Finnish
1 entries- mönjä noun (red lead)
French
1 entries- minium noun (red lead)
German
1 entries- Minium noun (red lead)
Greek
2 entries- ερυθρομόλυβδος noun (red lead)
- μίνιο noun (red lead)
Hindi
1 entries- सीस सिंदूर noun (red lead)
Indonesian
2 entries- minium noun (red lead)
- timah merah noun (red lead)
Latin
1 entries- minium noun (red lead)
Old Armenian
1 entries- նօթ noun (red lead)
Persian
1 entries- سرنج noun (red lead)
Portuguese
2 entries- mínio noun (red lead)
- zarcão noun (red lead)
Romanian
1 entries- miniu noun (red lead)
Russian
1 entries- су́рик noun (red lead)
Spanish
1 entries- tetróxido de plomo noun (red lead)
Swedish
1 entries- mönja noun (red lead)
Tagalog
1 entries- minyo noun (red lead)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
[H]e was so overcome by suffering that his face, which had once been of oriental minium, now became like orpiment, and the hams of his lips turned into rancid lard.
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