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minium

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ˈmɪnɪəm/
  • CMU ARPABET: M IH1 N IY0 AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Cinnabar, especially when used as a pigment; vermilion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Red lead.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: red lead

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: oxide

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor. Latin Minius Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin miniumbor. English minium Borrowed from Latin minium.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սուսր (susr) — red lead
  • Old Armenian: նօթ (nōtʻ) — red lead
  • Azerbaijani: sülügən — red lead
  • Bulgarian: миниум (minium) — red lead
  • Catalan: mini — red lead
  • Czech: suřík — red lead
  • Danish: mønje — red lead
  • Finnish: mönjä — red lead
  • French: minium — red lead
  • German: Minium — red lead
  • Greek: ερυθρομόλυβδος (erythromólyvdos) — red lead
  • Greek: μίνιο (mínio) — red lead
  • Ancient Greek: μίνιον (mínion) — red lead
  • Hindi: सीस सिंदूर (sīs sindūr) — red lead
  • Indonesian: minium — red lead
  • Indonesian: timah merah — red lead
  • Italian: minio — red lead
  • Latin: minium — red lead
  • Persian: سرنج (soranj) — red lead
  • Portuguese: mínio — red lead
  • Portuguese: zarcão — red lead
  • Romanian: miniu — red lead
  • Russian: су́рик (súrik) — red lead
  • Spanish: tetróxido de plomo — red lead
  • Swedish: mönja — red lead
  • Tagalog: minyo — red lead