crimson

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪmzən/
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• General-American: /ˈkɹɪmzən/
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• General-American: /ˈkɹɪmsən/
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PIE word *kwŕ̥mis Late Middle English cremesyn, from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesín, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Classical Persian کرمست (kirmist), from Middle Persian; see Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš. Cognate with Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija). Doublet of kermes; also see carmine.

149 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: karmosyn — having a deep red colour
• Arabic: قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy) — having a deep red colour
• Bulgarian: пурпурен (purpuren) — having a deep red colour
• Catalan: carmesí — having a deep red colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 艷紅色 /艳红色 (yànhóngsè) — having a deep red colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 赤紅色 /赤红色 (chìhóngsè) — having a deep red colour
• Cornish: kogh — having a deep red colour
• Czech: karmínový — having a deep red colour
• Dutch: karmijnrood — having a deep red colour
• Dutch: helrood — having a deep red colour
• Dutch: dieprood — having a deep red colour
• Esperanto: karmezina — having a deep red colour
• Finnish: verenpunainen — having a deep red colour
• Finnish: karmiininpunainen — having a deep red colour
• French: cramoisi — having a deep red colour
• Georgian: მეწამული (mec̣amuli) — having a deep red colour
• Georgian: ალისფერი (alisperi) — having a deep red colour
• Georgian: ჟოლოსფერი (žolosperi) — having a deep red colour
• Georgian: სისხლისფერი (sisxlisperi) — having a deep red colour
• German: purpurn — having a deep red colour
• German: purpurrot — having a deep red colour
• German: blutrot (Himmel) — having a deep red colour
• German: dunkelrot — having a deep red colour
• German: karmesinrot — having a deep red colour
• Greek: βυσσινής (vyssinís) — having a deep red colour
• Greek: βαθυκόκκινος (vathykókkinos) — having a deep red colour
• Ancient Greek: βύσσινος (bússinos) — having a deep red colour
• Ancient Greek: κόκκινος (kókkinos) — having a deep red colour
• Ancient Greek: φοινός (phoinós) — having a deep red colour
• Hindi: क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī) — having a deep red colour
• Hungarian: karmazsin — having a deep red colour
• Hungarian: karmazsinvörös — having a deep red colour
• Icelandic: fagurrauður — having a deep red colour
• Icelandic: djúprauður — having a deep red colour
• Ido: karmezina — having a deep red colour
• Ingrian: aaloi — having a deep red colour
• Ingrian: veripunain — having a deep red colour
• Irish: craorag — having a deep red colour
• Irish: corcairdhearg — having a deep red colour
• Italian: cremisi — having a deep red colour
• Japanese: 深紅色の (shinkushoku no) — having a deep red colour
• Latin: coccineus — having a deep red colour
• Nepali: सिम्रिक (simrik) — having a deep red colour
• Polish: karmazynowy — having a deep red colour
• Portuguese: carmim — having a deep red colour
• Portuguese: carmesim — having a deep red colour
• Romanian: carmin — having a deep red colour
• Russian: мали́новый (malínovyj) — having a deep red colour
• Russian: а́лый (ályj) — having a deep red colour
• Russian: пунцо́вый (puncóvyj) — having a deep red colour
• Russian: багро́вый (bagróvyj) — having a deep red colour
• Russian: багря́ный (bagrjányj) — having a deep red colour
• Russian: пурпурный (purpurnyj) — having a deep red colour
• Serbo-Croatian: grimizan — having a deep red colour
• Slovene: škrlaten — having a deep red colour
• Spanish: carmín — having a deep red colour
• Spanish: carmesí — having a deep red colour
• Swedish: karmosinröd — having a deep red colour
• Telugu: ఎర్రని (errani) — having a deep red colour
• Ukrainian: багря́ний (bahrjányj) — having a deep red colour
• Ukrainian: багро́вий (bahróvyj) — having a deep red colour
• Vietnamese: đỏ thắm — having a deep red colour
• Finnish: kevytkenkäinen — having loose modesty
• German: lose Sitten — having loose modesty
• Afrikaans: karmosyn — deep, slightly bluish red
• Albanian: granë — deep, slightly bluish red
• Arabic: قِرْمِز (qirmiz) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܸܪܡܝܼܙܵܐ (qirmīza) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Azerbaijani: qönçə — deep, slightly bluish red
• Azerbaijani: al — deep, slightly bluish red
• Azerbaijani: al-qırmızı — deep, slightly bluish red
• Basque: gorrimin — deep, slightly bluish red
• Bulgarian: пурпур (purpur) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Catalan: carmesí — deep, slightly bluish red
• Chinese Mandarin: 艷紅色 /艳红色 (yànhóngsè) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Cornish: kogh — deep, slightly bluish red
• Czech: karmín — deep, slightly bluish red
• Dutch: karmijnrood — deep, slightly bluish red
• Dutch: helrood — deep, slightly bluish red
• Dutch: dieprood — deep, slightly bluish red
• Dutch: karmozijn — deep, slightly bluish red
• Esperanto: karmezino — deep, slightly bluish red
• Estonian: karmiinpunane — deep, slightly bluish red
• Finnish: verenpunainen — deep, slightly bluish red
• Finnish: karmiininpunainen — deep, slightly bluish red
• French: cramoisi — deep, slightly bluish red
• French: carmin — deep, slightly bluish red
• French: pourpre — deep, slightly bluish red
• Galician: carmesí — deep, slightly bluish red
• Galician: carmín — deep, slightly bluish red
• Georgian: მეწამული (mec̣amuli) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Georgian: ალისფერი (alisperi) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Georgian: ჟოლოსფერი (žolosperi) — deep, slightly bluish red
• German: Purpur — deep, slightly bluish red
• German: Purpurrot — deep, slightly bluish red
• German: Karmesin — deep, slightly bluish red
• Greek: βυσσινί (vyssiní) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Greek: βαθύ κόκκινο (vathý kókkino) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Ancient Greek: φοινός (phoinós) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Hebrew: שָׁנִי (shaní) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Hindi: क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Hungarian: karmazsin — deep, slightly bluish red
• Icelandic: fagurrauður — deep, slightly bluish red
• Icelandic: djúprauður — deep, slightly bluish red
• Ido: karmezino — deep, slightly bluish red
• Indonesian: merah padam — deep, slightly bluish red
• Ingrian: aaloi — deep, slightly bluish red
• Ingrian: veripunain — deep, slightly bluish red
• Irish: corcairdhearg — deep, slightly bluish red
• Italian: cremisi — deep, slightly bluish red
• Italian: granata — deep, slightly bluish red
• Japanese: 深紅色 (shinkushoku) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Japanese: クリムゾン (kurimuzon) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Japanese: 紅色 (beniiro) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Korean: 심홍색 (simhongsaek) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Korean: 크림슨 (keurimseun) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Malay: kirmizi — deep, slightly bluish red
• Malay: merah tua — deep, slightly bluish red
• Māori: pākurakura — deep, slightly bluish red
• Nepali: सिम्रिक (simrik) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Occitan: carmin — deep, slightly bluish red
• Occitan: cremesin — deep, slightly bluish red
• Occitan: carmesin — deep, slightly bluish red
• Pashto: ارغواني (ar-ghwani) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Persian: زرشکی (zereški) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Polish: karmazyn — deep, slightly bluish red
• Portuguese: carmim — deep, slightly bluish red
• Portuguese: carmesim — deep, slightly bluish red
• Romanian: carmin — deep, slightly bluish red
• Russian: мали́новый (malínovyj) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Russian: а́лый (ályj) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Russian: пунцо́вый (puncóvyj) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Russian: багро́вый (bagróvyj) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Russian: багря́ный (bagrjányj) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Russian: пу́рпур (púrpur) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Serbo-Croatian: grimizno — deep, slightly bluish red
• Slovak: karmínový — deep, slightly bluish red
• Slovene: škrlatna — deep, slightly bluish red
• Spanish: carmín — deep, slightly bluish red
• Spanish: carmesí — deep, slightly bluish red
• Swedish: karmosinröd — deep, slightly bluish red
• Swedish: karmosin — deep, slightly bluish red
• Telugu: రక్తిమ (raktima) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Telugu: ఎర్రని (errani) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Turkish: kırmızı — deep, slightly bluish red
• Turkish: al — deep, slightly bluish red
• Ukrainian: багря́нець (bahrjánecʹ) — deep, slightly bluish red
• Welsh: rhudd — deep, slightly bluish red
• Welsh: rhuddgoch — deep, slightly bluish red