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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