vermilion

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• Received-Pronunciation: /vəˈmɪl.jən/
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• General-American: /vɚˈmɪl.jən/
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• rhymes with -ɪljən
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• CMU ARPABET: V ER0 M IH1 L Y AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis Proto-Italic *wormis Latin vermis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin vermiculus Vulgar Latin *vermiclus Old French vermeil Old French vermeillonbor. Middle English vermelioun English vermilion From Middle English vermelioun, vermyloun, vermylon, vermilun, from Old French vermeillon (“vermilion”), from vermeil, from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”), from vermis (“worm”), ultimately in reference to Kermes vermilio, a type of scale insect used to make a crimson dye. Displaced native Old English bōcrēad.

127 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: ален (alen) — having a brilliant red colour
• Bulgarian: яркочервен (jarkočerven) — having a brilliant red colour
• Czech: rumělkový — having a brilliant red colour
• Dutch: vermiljoen — having a brilliant red colour
• Finnish: tulipunainen — having a brilliant red colour
• Finnish: kirkkaanpunainen — having a brilliant red colour
• French: vermeil — having a brilliant red colour
• Georgian: ხასხასა წითელი (xasxasa c̣iteli) — having a brilliant red colour
• Georgian: ალისფერი (alisperi) — having a brilliant red colour
• Hindi: क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī) — having a brilliant red colour
• Hindi: सिंदूरी (sindūrī) — having a brilliant red colour
• Hungarian: élénkpiros — having a brilliant red colour
• Italian: vermiglio — having a brilliant red colour
• Japanese: 赤い (akai) — having a brilliant red colour
• Latin: miniānus — having a brilliant red colour
• Macedonian: а́лен (álen) — having a brilliant red colour
• Old Occitan: vermelh — having a brilliant red colour
• Polish: cynobrowy — having a brilliant red colour
• Portuguese: vermelhão — having a brilliant red colour
• Romanian: vermeil — having a brilliant red colour
• Russian: я́рко-кра́сный (járko-krásnyj) — having a brilliant red colour
• Russian: а́лый (ályj) — having a brilliant red colour
• Serbo-Croatian: boje cinobera — having a brilliant red colour
• Spanish: bermejo — having a brilliant red colour
• Venetan: sguardo — having a brilliant red colour
• Dutch: vermiljoen — having the color of vermilion dye
• Finnish: sinooperinpunainen — having the color of vermilion dye
• Hindi: सिंदूरी (sindūrī) — having the color of vermilion dye
• Hindi: सिंदूरिया (sindūriyā) — having the color of vermilion dye
• Hungarian: cinóberpiros — having the color of vermilion dye
• Hungarian: cinóbervörös — having the color of vermilion dye
• Hungarian: cinóberszín — having the color of vermilion dye
• Hungarian: vermilion — having the color of vermilion dye
• Icelandic: fagurrauður — having the color of vermilion dye
• Japanese: 朱色 (shuiro) — having the color of vermilion dye
• Latin: miniānus — having the color of vermilion dye
• Norwegian: sinoberrød — having the color of vermilion dye
• Persian: شنگرف (šangarf) — having the color of vermilion dye
• Polish: cynobrowy — having the color of vermilion dye
• Spanish: bermejo — having the color of vermilion dye
• Bulgarian: киновар (kinovar) — pigment
• Bulgarian: цинобър (cinobǎr) — pigment
• Catalan: vermelló — pigment
• Chinese Mandarin: 朱紅色 /朱红色 (zhūhóngsè) — pigment
• Chinese Mandarin: 朱紅 /朱红 (zhūhóng) — pigment
• Czech: rumělka — pigment
• Dutch: vermiljoen — pigment
• Finnish: sinooperipunainen — pigment
• French: vermillon — pigment
• Georgian: ვერმილიონი (vermilioni) — pigment
• Georgian: სინგური (singuri) — pigment
• German: Zinnober — pigment
• Greek: κιννάβαρι (kinnávari) — pigment
• Hindi: सिंदूर (sindūr) — pigment
• Hungarian: cinóber — pigment
• Irish: flanndearg — pigment
• Italian: vermiglio — pigment
• Japanese: 朱 (shu) — pigment
• Korean: 주색 (jusaek) — pigment
• Korean: 버밀리언 (beomillieon) — pigment
• Macedonian: киновар (kinovar) — pigment
• Norwegian: sinober — pigment
• Norwegian: sinoberrødt — pigment
• Norwegian: vermilion — pigment
• Polish: cynober — pigment
• Portuguese: vermelhão — pigment
• Romanian: vermillon — pigment
• Romanian: cinabru — pigment
• Russian: вермильо́н (vermilʹón) — pigment
• Russian: ки́новарь (kínovarʹ) — pigment
• Sanskrit: दरद (darada) — pigment
• Serbo-Croatian: цино́бер — pigment
• Serbo-Croatian: cinóber — pigment
• Spanish: bermellón — pigment
• Armenian: ալ (al) — colour
• Armenian: ալ կարմիր (al karmir) — colour
• Azerbaijani: qönçə — colour
• Azerbaijani: al — colour
• Azerbaijani: al-qırmızı — colour
• Bulgarian: яркочервено (jarkočerveno) — colour
• Catalan: vermelló — colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 朱紅色 /朱红色 (zhūhóngsè) — colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 朱紅 /朱红 (zhūhóng) — colour
• Czech: rumělka — colour
• Dutch: vermiljoen — colour
• Finnish: sinooperinpunainen — colour
• Georgian: კაშკაშა წითელი (ḳašḳaša c̣iteli) — colour
• Hebrew: שָׁשַׁר (shashár) — colour
• Hindi: सिंदूरिया रंग (sindūriyā raṅg) — colour
• Hindi: सिंदूरी (sindūrī) — colour
• Hindi: क़िरमिज़ (qirmiz) — colour
• Hungarian: cinóbervörös — colour
• Hungarian: cinóberpiros — colour
• Hungarian: cinóberszín — colour
• Hungarian: vermilion — colour
• Irish: flanndearg — colour
• Italian: vermiglio — colour
• Japanese: 朱 (shu) — colour
• Japanese: 朱色 (shuiro) — colour
• Korean: 주색 (jusaek) — colour
• Korean: 버밀리언 (beomillieon) — colour
• Macedonian: а́лен (álen) — colour
• Macedonian: светлоцр́вен (svetlocŕven) — colour
• Norwegian: sinober — colour
• Norwegian: sinoberrødt — colour
• Norwegian: vermilion — colour
• Polish: cynober — colour
• Portuguese: vermelhão — colour
• Romanian: vermillon — colour
• Russian: я́рко-кра́сный (járko-krásnyj) — colour
• Russian: а́лый (ályj) — colour
• Serbo-Croatian: румена — colour
• Serbo-Croatian: rumena — colour
• Spanish: bermellón — colour
• Ukrainian: цино́бровий (cynóbrovyj) — colour
• Ukrainian: кіноварний (kinovarnyj) — colour
• Bulgarian: киновар (kinovar) — dye
• Bulgarian: цинобър (cinobǎr) — dye
• Dutch: vermiljoen — dye
• Finnish: sinooperinpunainen hiusväri — dye
• Greek: κιννάβαρι (kinnávari) — dye
• Gujarati: સિંદૂર (sindūr) — dye
• Hindi: सिंदूर (sindūr) — dye
• Polish: cynober — dye
• Portuguese: vermelhão — dye
• Serbo-Croatian: цино́бер — dye
• Serbo-Croatian: cinóber — dye