vermilion

Alternative forms

 * (more at vermillion § Usage notes)

Etymology
From, , , , from , from , from , from , ultimately in reference to Kermes vermilio, a type of scale insect used to make a crimson dye.

Noun

 * 1) A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide, cinnabar.
 * 2) A bright orange-red colour.
 * 3) A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women.
 * 4) The red skin of the lips or its border with the skin of the face.
 * 5)  The kermes or cochineal insect.
 * 6)  The cochineal dye made from this insect.
 * 1) A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women.
 * 2) The red skin of the lips or its border with the skin of the face.
 * 3)  The kermes or cochineal insect.
 * 4)  The cochineal dye made from this insect.
 * 1)  The cochineal dye made from this insect.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: киновар
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 朱紅色,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: sinooperipunainen
 * French:
 * Georgian: ვერმილიონი, სინგური
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: flanndearg
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 주색(朱色), 버밀리언
 * Macedonian: киновар
 * Norwegian:, sinoberrødt, vermilion
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: vermelhão
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: цино́бер
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:


 * Armenian:, ալ կարմիր
 * Azerbaijani:, , al-qırmızı
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 朱紅色,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: sinooperinpunainen
 * Georgian: კაშკაშა წითელი
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: सिंदूरिया रंग,, क़िरमिज़
 * Hungarian:, , cinóberszín,
 * Irish: flanndearg
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 주색(朱色), 버밀리언
 * Macedonian: а́лен, светлоцр́вен
 * Norwegian:, sinoberrødt, vermilion
 * Portuguese: vermelhão
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: румена
 * Roman: rumena
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: цино́бровий, кіноварний


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: sinooperinpunainen hiusväri
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: સિંદૂર
 * Hindi:
 * Portuguese: vermelhão
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: цино́бер
 * Roman:

Adjective

 * 1) Having a brilliant red colour.
 * 2) Having the color of the vermilion dye.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, яркочервен
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ხასხასა წითელი,
 * Hindi: क़िरमिज़ी,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: miniānus
 * Macedonian: а́лен
 * Old Occitan: vermelh
 * Portuguese: vermelhão
 * Romanian: vermeil
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: boje cinobera
 * Spanish:
 * Venetian: sguardo


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: sinooperinpunainen
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:, , cinóberszín,
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: miniānus
 * Norwegian: sinoberrød
 * Persian:
 * Spanish:


 * French:
 * Italian: ,
 * Mandarin:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:

Verb

 * 1)  To color or paint vermilion.