carmine

See also Carmine, and carminé

English

Carmine ornament on the ceiling of a chapel

Etymology

From French carmin, from irregular Medieval Latin carminium, itself from Arabic قرمز (qirmiz, “crimson, kermes”) (from Sanskrit krimiga "insect-produced", from कृमि (kṛ́mi, “worm, insect”)), plus or with influence from Latin minium.

Noun

carmine (plural carmines)

1. A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives
2. A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.

   carmine colour:

Synonyms

• (pigment): crimson, cochineal, C.I. 75470, E120

Translations

purplish-red pigment

• Armenian: որդան կարմիր (hy) (ordan karmir) 
• Bulgarian: кармин (bg) (karmin)
• Catalan: carmí (ca) m, grana (ca) m
• Czech: karmín (cs) m
• Dutch: karmijn n, (Archaic) karmozijn n

• Finnish: karmiini (fi)
• Hungarian: kármin (hu)
• Italian: carminio (it)
• Russian: кармин (ru) (karmín) m 
• Spanish: carmín (es)

purplish-red colour

• Armenian: որդան կարմիր (hy) (ordan karmir) 
• Bulgarian: тъмночервен цвят (bg) (tǎmnočerven cvjat)
• Catalan: carmí
• Dutch: karmijn n, (Archaic) karmozijn n, karmijnrood n, karmozijnrood n

• Finnish: karmiininpunainen (fi)
• Hungarian: kármin (hu)
• Italian: carminio (it)
• Spanish: carmín

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• French: carmin, carminé

Adjective

carmine

1. of the purplish red colour shade carmine.

Translations

of the purplish red colour shade carmine

• Bulgarian: тъмночервен (bg) (tǎmnočerven)
• Dutch: karmijnrood, karmozijnrood, karmijnen, karmozijnen

• Finnish: karmiininpunainen (fi)

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• French: carmin, carminé

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

Anagrams

• Crimean

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French

Verb

carmine

1. first-person singular present indicative of carminer
2. third-person singular present indicative of carminer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of carminer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of carminer
5. second-person singular imperative of carminer

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Latin

Noun

carmine

1. ablative singular of carmen