escarlate

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Middle French

Noun

escarlate f (plural escarlates)

  1. a sort of fine, expensive cloth

Descendants

  • French: écarlate

Old French

Etymology

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Noun

escarlate oblique singularf (oblique plural escarlates, nominative singular escarlate, nominative plural escarlates)

  1. 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)

  1. scarlet (colour)

Noun

escarlate m (plural escarlates)

  1. scarlet (colour)