carmine

Etymology
From, from irregular , itself from from Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”), plus or with influence from. Compare and.

Noun

 * 1) A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.
 * 2) * 1967, Time, "The Case of the Dubious Dye," 6 January, 1967,
 * Cases of cubana salmonellosis in three other states were traced to carmine red, and supplies were called in. But authorities have been checking other places for carmine red, knowing that it is a favorite coloring in candy, chewing gum, ice cream, cough syrups and drugs. Manufacturers like to use it because of a legal quirk: being a natural rather than a synthetic product, it does not have to be mentioned on labels.
 * 1) A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: кармин
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, (Archaic) karmozijn
 * Esperanto: karmino
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: क़िरमिज़, क़िरमिज़ी,
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: cocceus
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: karmin


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: тъмночервен цвят
 * Catalan: ,
 * Dutch:, (Archaic) karmozijn , ,
 * Finnish: karmiininpunainen
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: क़िरमिज़, क़िरमिज़ी,
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese: đỏ yên chi


 * French: ,

Adjective

 * 1) Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Finnish: karmiininpunainen
 * German: karminrot
 * Hindi: क़िरमिज़ी,
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * French: ,