écarlate

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

  • IPA(key): /e.kaʁ.lat/
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Adjective

écarlate (plural écarlates)

  1. scarlet

Derived terms

Noun

écarlate f (plural écarlates)

  1. scarlet (color)

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