scarlet

See also Scarlet, and Scarlett

English

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Etymology

Old French escarlate (“a type of cloth”), from Medieval Latin scarlatum (“scarlet cloth”), from Persian سقرلات (saqerlât, “a warm woollen cloth”), of uncertain origin.

Noun

scarlet (plural scarlets)

1. A bright red, slightly orange colour.

   scarlet colour:

2. a scarlet-coloured cloth.

Translations

colour

• Afrikaans: bloedrooi (af)
• Albanian: ngjyrë alle (sq)
• Arabic: قرمزي (ar) (qirmiziy)
• Catalan: escarlata
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 深紅色 (cmn), 深红色 (cmn) (shēnhóngsè), 緋紅 (cmn), 绯红 (cmn) (fēihóng)

• Czech: šarlatová barva (cs), purpur (cs)
• Dutch: scharlaken (nl) n, scharlakenrood (nl) n, vuurrood (nl) n
• Estonian: sarlakpunane (et), ergav (et)
• Finnish: helakanpunainen (fi), tulipunainen (fi)
• French: écarlate (fr)
• Galician: escarlata (gl)
• Georgian: ალისფერი (ka) (alisp’eri)
• German: Scharlachrot (de) n, Scharlach (de) m
• Greek: κόκκινος (el) (kókkinos) m
• Greenlandic: aappallarissoq (kl)
• Hungarian: skarlát (hu), skarlátpiros (hu), skarlátvörös (hu), élénkvörös (hu)
• Ido: skarlato (io)
• Indonesian: merah tua (id)
• Italian: scarlatto (it)
• Japanese: 緋色 (ja) (ひいろ, hiiro)

• Korean: 스칼렛 (ko) (seukalres)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئاڵ (ku) (al)

• Malagasy: dorehitra (mg)
• Malay: merah (ms)
• Norwegian: skarlagen (no) n
• Persian: سقرلات (fa) (saqerlât)
• Polish: szkarłat (pl) m
• Portuguese: escarlate (pt)
• Romanian: stacojiu (ro) n
• Russian: алый (ru) (ályj), багровый (ru) (bagróvyj), багряный (ru) (bagrjányj)
• Serbo-Croatian: crven (sh)
• Spanish: escarlata (es) f
• Swahili: nyekundu (sw)
• Swedish: scharlakansrött (sv)
• Tagalog: iskarlata (tl)
• Turkish: kızıl (tr), kırmızı (tr)
• Ukrainian: яскраво-червоний (uk) (jaskravo-červonyj)
• Uzbek: qizil rang (uz)
• Vietnamese: đĩ (vi)
• Volapük: skarlataköl (vo)
• Welsh: coch (cy), ysgarlad (cy)

cloth

• Japanese: 緋色の服 (ひいろのふく, hiironofuku)

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• Hebrew: שָׁנִי (he) m
• Persian: پارچه مخمل (fa)

• Portuguese: escarlate (pt)
• Spanish: escarlatina (es), escarlata (es)

Adjective

scarlet (comparative more scarlet, superlative most scarlet)

1. Of a bright red colour.
   • 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 5, The Younger Set^[1]:

     Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume ; … ; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.

2. Sinful or whorish.

   a scarlet woman

Translations

colour

• Armenian: ալ (hy) (al)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 緋紅色 (cmn), 绯红色 (cmn) (fēihóngsè), 深紅色 (cmn), 深红色 (cmn) (shēnhóngsè), 猩紅色 (cmn), 猩红色 (cmn) (xīnghóngsè)

• Dutch: scharlaken (nl) n, scharlakenrood (nl) n, vuurrood (nl) n
• Esperanto: skarlata (eo)
• Finnish: helakanpunainen (fi), tulipunainen (fi)
• French: écarlate (fr)
• German: scharlachrot (de)

• Hungarian: skarlát (hu), skarlátpiros (hu), skarlátvörös (hu), élénkvörös (hu)
• Ido: skarlata (io)
• Japanese: 緋色の (ひいろの, hiirono), 緋色の (ja) (ひいろの, hiiro no)
• Norwegian: skarlagen (no)
• Polish: szkarłatny (pl)
• Russian: алый (ru) (ályj), багровый (ru) (bagróvyj), багряный (ru) (bagrjányj), пунцовый (ru) (puncóvyj)
• Volapük: skarlatakölik (vo)

sinful

• Japanese: 性的にみだらな (せいてきにみだらな, seiteki ni midarana)

• Polish: grzeszny (pl), nierządny (pl)

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Translations to be checked

• German : scharlach (de)

• Spanish : escarlata (es)

Derived terms

scarlatina scarlet-collar scarlet fever scarlet hat scarlet ibis

scarlet letter scarlet pimpernel scarlet runner scarlet tanager scarlet woman

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)}

Verb

scarlet (third-person singular simple present scarlets, present participle scarleting, simple past and past participle scarleted)

1. To dye or tinge with scarlet.
   • Ford

     The ashy paleness of my cheek / Is scarleted in ruddy flakes of wrath.

Anagrams

• cartels
• clarets