cinabre

sinabʁ

Definition

Definition of cinabre - Reverso French Dictionary

Adjective

couleur rouge

Rare

de couleur rouge vif tirant vers l'orange comme le vermillon

Rare

Elle portait une robe cinabre qui attirait tous les regards.

écarlate

vermillon

Noun, masculine

pigment

TECH.

minéral rouge composé de mercure et de soufre

TECH.

Le cinabre est utilisé pour fabriquer la peinture vermillon.

administration

Dated

encre rouge faite avec ce minéral pour les documents officiels

Dated

L'empereur byzantin signait ses décrets avec du cinabre.

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Images of cinabre

minéral rouge composé de mercure et de soufre
encre rouge faite avec ce minéral pour les documents officiels

Expressions with cinabre

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rouge cinabre

couleur rouge orangée vive et intense

Le rouge cinabre de cette peinture chinoise est magnifique.

Origin of cinabre

latin, cinnabaris (minéral)

Examples of cinabre in a sentence

Des rideaux cinabre décoraient la salle de bal.
Le cinabre se trouve souvent près des sources chaudes.
Les mineurs extraient le cinabre pour obtenir du mercure.
Le sceau officiel était apposé en cinabre.
Les manuscrits anciens portent souvent des titres en cinabre.

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English:vermilion, cinnabar ink, ...
German:zinnoberrot, Zinnober, ...
Italian:cinabro, ...
Spanish:cinabrio, tinta de cinabrio, ...
Portuguese:cinábrio, ...
Chinese:朱红的, 辰砂, ...
Japanese:朱色の, 辰砂, ...
Arabic:أحمر زنجفري, زرنيخ أحمر, ...
Hebrew:אָדֹם כַּחֲמַר, כִּינְבָּר, ...
Russian:киноварный, киноварь, ...
Ukrainian:кіноварний, кіновар, ...
Catalan:cinabri, tinta de cinabri, ...
Danish:cinnoberrød, cinnober, ...
Dutch:karmijn, cinnaber, ...
Greek:κόκκινο-πορτοκαλί, κιναβάρι, ...
Hungarian:cinóbervörös, cinóber, ...
Khmer:ក្រហមស្រស់, ស៊ីណាបារ, ...
Korean:주홍색의, 진사, ...
Polish:cynobrowy, cynober, ...
Portuguese (BR):cinábrico, cinabre, ...
Romanian:cinabru, ...
Swedish:cinnoberröd, cinnober, ...
Thai:สีชาด, ซินนาบาร์, ...
Turkish:sinober kırmızısı, zinober, ...
Vietnamese:đỏ son, chu sa, ...

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