cipolin

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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.

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References

“cipolin”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

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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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cipollino.

Noun

cipolin n (uncountable)

  1. cipolin (marble)

Declension

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