écarlate

Meaning

Synonyms

écaille fermière

écaille lustrée

écaille marbrée

écaille marbrée rouge

écaille rouge

Frequency

26k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.kaʁ.lat/
Etymology

From Old French escarlate (“scarlet cloth”), from Medieval Latin scarlatum (“scarlet cloth”), via Persian سقرلاط (saqerlât, “a warm woollen cloth”), a variant of سقلاط (seqellât, “scarlet cloth”) from Byzantine Greek σιγιλλᾶτος (sigillâtos), ultimately from Latin (textum) sigillātum.

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