escarlate

Middle French

escarlate f (plural escarlates)

Fom Medieval Latin scarlatum (“scarlet cloth”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Persian (saqerlât, “a warm woollen cloth”), a variant of (seqellât, “scarlet cloth”).

escarlate oblique singular, f (oblique plural escarlates, nominative singular escarlate, nominative plural escarlates)

a sort of fine, expensive cloth
- c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
  Un mantel d'escarlate cort
  A coat of short fine, expensive cloth

From Old French escarlate (“scarlet cloth”), from Medieval Latin scarlatum (“scarlet cloth”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Persian (saqerlât, “a warm woollen cloth”), a variant of (seqellât, “scarlet cloth”), from Byzantine Greek σιγιλλᾶτος (sigillâtos), ultimately from Latin (textum) sigillātum; or, alternatively, from Germanic.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kaʁˈla.t͡ʃi/ [is.kaɦˈla.t͡ʃi], /es.kaʁˈla.t͡ʃi/ [es.kaɦˈla.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.kaɾˈla.t͡ʃi/, /es.kaɾˈla.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kaʁˈla.t͡ʃi/, /eʃ.kaʁˈla.t͡ʃi/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /is.kaɻˈla.t͡ʃi/, /es.kaɻˈla.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.kaʁˈla.te/ [es.kaɦˈla.te]

escarlate m or f (plural escarlates)

escarlate m (plural escarlates)