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)

1. (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

Translations

• French: chipolin (fr)
• Italian: cipollino

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• picolin

French

Alternative forms

• chipolin

Etymology

Borrowed 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)

1. cipolin (“a type of marble”)

Further reading

• “cipolin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cipollino.

Noun

cipolin n (uncountable)

1. cipolin (marble)

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cipolin	cipolinul
genitive-dative	cipolin	cipolinului
vocative	cipolinule