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Middle French
Noun
escarlate f (plural escarlates)
- a sort of fine, expensive cloth
Descendants
Old French
Etymology
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Noun
escarlate oblique singular, f (oblique plural escarlates, nominative singular escarlate, nominative plural escarlates)
- a sort of fine, expensive cloth
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old French escarlate (“scarlet cloth”), from Medieval Latin scarlatum (“scarlet cloth”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Persian سقرلاط (saqerlât, “a warm woollen cloth”), a variant of سقلاط (seqellât, “scarlet cloth”), from Byzantine Greek σιγιλλᾶτος (sigillâtos), ultimately from Latin (textum) sigillātum; or, alternatively, from Germanic.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: es‧car‧la‧te
Adjective
escarlate m or f (plural escarlates)
- scarlet (colour)
Noun
escarlate m (plural escarlates)
- scarlet (colour)