carmine

Meaning

Noun

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

Adj

Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.

Synonyms

crimson

scarlet

red

cherry-red

reddish

ruby-red

cochineal

ruby

ruddy

cardinal

cerise

blood-red

cherry

suffuse

tincture

vermillion

discolorise

discolorize

discolourise

carminum

coccinellin

nacarat

carmine lake

carmine rouge red

rouge flambe

rouge red

color

complexion

discolor

dye

fuchsin

magenta

perfuse

pigment

raddle

redden

retouch

stain

Translations

carmin

carmín

carmí

carminio

carmim

karmijn

karminrot

karmijnrood

Karmin

grana

karmozijnrood

carmíneo

Karminrot

rojizo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɑ(ɹ)ːma͡ɪn/

Etymology

PIE word
*kʷŕ̥mis
From French carmin, from irregular Medieval Latin carminium, itself from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz, “crimson, kermes”) from Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”), plus or with influence from Latin minium. Compare crimson and kermes.