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From Old French sinople, from Latin Sinōpis, from Ancient Greek Σινωπίς (Sinōpís, “of Sinope”), a town that exported a red ocher. The unexpected change to meaning "green" in heraldry occurred in French texts around 1350 for unclear reasons.
noun sinoples · cinople · sinoper · sinopre · synopre
- A shade of red; sinoper.
- Sinoper, a kind of red earth historically used as a pigment, originally imported to Greece from Sinope in Paphlagonia.
- Ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia.
- Vert (green). In heraldry, sinople (the green of blazonry) also signified love, joy, abundance.
Talk about this word "sinople." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sinople. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sinople. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sinople "sinople." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sinople.Cite this
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title = {sinople},
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