garance
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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
garance f
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- garance in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- garance in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French garance, from Old French garance, warance, from Frankish *wratja, from Proto-Germanic *wratjō (“red dye”). Cognate with Old High German rezza, reiza (“scarlet; purple; crimson; red; madder”), Old English wrǣtt, wrǣtte (“crosswort; madder”).
Pronunciation
Noun
garance f (plural garances)
- madder (plant)
- rose madder
Descendants
- → Portuguese: garança
Further reading
- “garance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.