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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French vermillon, ultimately from Latin vermiculus, diminutive of vermis (“worm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /beɾmeˈʝon/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /beɾmeˈʎon/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /beɾmeˈʃon/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /beɾmeˈʒon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ber‧me‧llón
Noun
bermellón m (uncountable)
- vermillion (pigment)
- Synonym: cinabrio
- vermillion (color)
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