cipolin
English
Alternative forms
- chipolin, cipollino
Etymology
From Italian cipollino (“a little onion”), from cipolla (“onion”) (compare English cibol). So called because its veins consist, like onions, of different strata, one lying upon another.
Noun
cipolin (countable and uncountable, plural cipolins)
- (mineralogy) A whitish marble from Rome, containing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc.
Synonyms
- chipolin
- cipollino
Translations
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References
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cipolin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- picolin
French
Alternative forms
- chipolin
Etymology
From Italian cipollino (“a little onion”), from cipolla (“onion”). (compare French ciboule) So called because its veins consist, like onions, of different strata, one lying upon another.
Noun
cipolin m (plural cipolins)
- cipolin (“a type of marble”)
Further reading
- “cipolin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
From Italian cipollino.
Noun
cipolin n (uncountable)
- cipolin (marble)
Declension
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) cipolin | cipolinul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) cipolin | cipolinului |
| vocative | cipolinule | |