carmin

Meaning

Adj

carmine, crimson (having a deep, slightly bluish red colour)

Noun

1. (masculine) cochineal, carmine (red dye made from the bodies of cochineal insects)
2. (masculine) carmine, crimson (deep, slightly bluish red)
3. (masculine) cinnabar moth Tyria jacobaeae

Concepts

carmine

crimson

cochineal

scarlet

mint condition

leftwing

erythroid

cardinal

rubicose

red

reddish

Synonyms

cardinal

cramoisi

écarlate

rouge

carminé

rougeâtre

roussâtre

Translations

carminio

karminrot

carmín

karmijnrood

carmí

carmim

karmijn

cremisi

kızıl

karmozijnrood

rojizo

carmesí

carmíneo

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaʁ.mɛ̃/

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish: carmesí

In summary

Possibly from Medieval Latin *carminium, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz, “crimson, kermes”) (from Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija, “produced by worms”), from कृमि (kṛ́mi, “worm, insect”)), plus or with influence from Latin minium.
Or, from a contraction of Old French carmesin, from Spanish carmesí.