How to pronounce cinnabar
American English pronunciation
SIN-uh-bar
- IPA
- /ˈsɪnəˌbɑɹ/
- Syllables
- SIN · uh · bar (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What cinnabar means
A bright red mineral once ground up to make paint
In a sentence: The museum showed a chunk of cinnabar as red as a fire truck.
Where it comes from: It has been in English since the mid-15th century. It came through Latin from a Greek word, and no one knows where the Greek word came from.
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