écarlate

Meaning

Adj

scarlet

Noun

scarlet (color)

Concepts

scarlet

vermilion

red

crimson

reddish

blood-red

carmine

cerise

cherry

cherry-red

ruby

ruby-red

ruddy

orange red

bright red

erythroid

leftwing

mint condition

rubicose

hunting pink

scarlet tiger

scarlet tiger moth

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.

Sentences

Après sept jours , Notre-Dame apparut , accompagnée de nombreux anges , portant un cordon écarlate .

After seven days, Our Lady appeared, accompanied by many angels, wearing a scarlet cord.