cochineal

Etymology
The is borrowed from  (modern 🇨🇬), from  or ; further etymology uncertain, possibly from,  (whence 🇨🇬) + ,. is derived from, from (possibly from ) +.

According to the , cochineal is not derived from, a of  (from the animal’s shape), which coincidentally has the same spelling as.

The is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1)  A scale insect of the species, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, which lives on prickly pear cacti (genus ).
 * 2)  A vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects.
 * 3)  The vivid red colour of this dye.
 * 1)  A vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects.
 * 2)  The vivid red colour of this dye.
 * 1)  A vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects.
 * 2)  The vivid red colour of this dye.
 * 1)  The vivid red colour of this dye.
 * 1)  The vivid red colour of this dye.
 * 1)  The vivid red colour of this dye.
 * 1)  The vivid red colour of this dye.
 * 1)  The vivid red colour of this dye.
 * 1)  The vivid red colour of this dye.
 * 1)  The vivid red colour of this dye.
 * 1)  The vivid red colour of this dye.
 * 1)  The vivid red colour of this dye.
 * 1)  The vivid red colour of this dye.
 * 1)  The vivid red colour of this dye.

Translations

 * Arabic: دودة قرمزية
 * Azerbaijani: koşenil
 * Basque: kotxinilla, kukurutxa
 * Belarusian: кашаніль
 * Catalan: cotxinilla
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 呀囒米, 胭脂蟲
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: červec nopálový, nopálovec karmínový
 * Danish: cochenillelus
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: koĉo
 * Estonian: kilptäi
 * Finnish: kokenillikirva
 * French:
 * Galician: cochinilla
 * Georgian: კოშენილი
 * German: Cochenille, Cochenillelaus, Cochenilleschildlaus
 * Hebrew: כנימת קוכיניאל
 * Hindi: क़िरमिज़
 * Hungarian: bíborbogár,, pirék
 * Irish: carnaid
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: コチニールカイガラムシ, 臙脂虫
 * Korean: 깍지벌레
 * North Frisian: cochenille, cochenillelüs
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: cochenillelus
 * Persian: قرمزدانه مکزیکی
 * Polish: czerwiec kaktusowy
 * Portuguese: cochinilha, cochonilha
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: košeniljka
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: koschenillsköldlus
 * Ukrainian: кошені́ль, черве́ць
 * Vietnamese: bọ yên chi (燕脂蟲), rệp son


 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: cotxinilla
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 胭脂蟲紅
 * Classical Nahuatl: nōcheztli
 * Esperanto: koĉenilo
 * Estonian: košenill
 * Finnish: kokkiniili,
 * French:
 * Hindi: क़िरमिज़
 * Hungarian: kárminsav,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: コチニール
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: кошені́ль

Adjective

 * 1) Possessing a vivid red colour, as or as if produced from dyeing with cochineal dye (noun ).

Translations

 * Finnish: karmiininpunainen
 * Macedonian: