écarlate
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See also: êcarlate
French
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.
Pronunciation
Adjective
écarlate (plural écarlates)
Noun
écarlate f (plural écarlates)
- scarlet (color)
Further reading
- “écarlate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.