"minium" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪnɪəm/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-minium.wav [Southern-England] Forms: miniums [plural]
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  1. (now historical) Cinnabar, especially when used as a pigment; vermilion. Tags: historical, uncountable, usually
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  2. Red lead. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (red lead): μίνιον (mínion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), սուսր (susr) (Armenian), sülügən (Azerbaijani), миниум (minium) (Bulgarian), mini (Catalan), suřík (Czech), mønje (Danish), mönjä (Finnish), minium [masculine] (French), Minium (German), ερυθρομόλυβδος (erythromólyvdos) [masculine] (Greek), μίνιο (mínio) [neuter] (Greek), सीस सिंदूर (sīs sindūr) (Hindi), minium (Indonesian), timah merah (Indonesian), minio [masculine] (Italian), minium [neuter] (Latin), նօթ (nōtʻ) (Old Armenian), سرنج (soranj) (Persian), mínio [masculine] (Portuguese), zarcão [masculine] (Portuguese), miniu [neuter] (Romanian), су́рик (súrik) (Russian), tetróxido de plomo (Spanish), mönja [common-gender] (Swedish), minyo (Tagalog), sülyen (Turkish)
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Alternative forms

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