escarlate

Middle French

Noun

escarlate f (plural escarlates)

a sort of fine, expensive cloth

Descendants

French: écarlate

Old French

Etymology

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Noun

escarlate f (oblique plural escarlates, nominative singular escarlate, nominative plural escarlates)

a sort of fine, expensive cloth
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
  Un mantel d'escarlate cort
  A coat of short fine, expensive cloth

Descendants

→ English: scarlet
Middle French: escarlate
- French: écarlate
→ Portuguese: escarlate
→ Spanish: escarlate

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old French escarlate (“scarlet cloth”), from Medieval Latin scarlatum (“scarlet cloth”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Persian ‎ (saqerlât, “a warm woollen cloth”), a variant of ‎ (seqellât, “scarlet cloth”), from Byzantine Greek σιγιλλᾶτος (sigillâtos), ultimately from Latin (textum) sigillātum; or, alternatively, from Germanic.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kaʁˈla.t͡ʃi/ [is.kaɦˈla.t͡ʃi], /es.kaʁˈla.t͡ʃi/ [es.kaɦˈla.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.kaɾˈla.t͡ʃi/, /es.kaɾˈla.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kaʁˈla.t͡ʃi/, /eʃ.kaʁˈla.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.kaɻˈla.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐɾˈla.t(ɨ)/

Hyphenation: es‧car‧la‧te

Adjective

escarlate m or f (plural escarlates)

scarlet (colour)

Noun

escarlate m (plural escarlates)

scarlet (colour)

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