carmine

Meanings

Plural: carmines

Noun

a variable color averaging a vivid red
A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.
A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.

Verb

color carmine

Adjective Satellite

of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

Adj

Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*kʷŕ̥mis
From French carmin, from irregular Medieval Latin carminium, itself from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz, “crimson, kermes”) from Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”), plus or with influence from Latin minium. Compare crimson and kermes.

Synonyms

blood-red, C.I. 75470, cardinal, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, cochineal, crimson, E120, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet

Scrabble Score: 11

carmine is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
carmine is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
carmine is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

carmine is a valid Words With Friends word