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carmine
English
Etymology
From French carmin, from irregular Medieval Latin carminium, itself from Arabic ???????? (qirmiz, “crimson, kermes”) (from Sanskrit ????? (k?mija, “produced by worms”), from ???? (k??mi, “worm, insect”)), plus or with influence from Latin minium. Compare crimson and kermes.
Noun
carmine (countable and uncountable, plural carmines)
- A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.
- 1967, Time, "The Case of the Dubious Dye," 6 January, 1967, [1]
- Cases of cubana salmonellosis in three other states were traced to carmine red, and supplies were called in. […] But authorities have been checking other places for carmine red, knowing that it is a favorite coloring in candy, chewing gum, ice cream, cough syrups and drugs. Manufacturers like to use it because of a legal quirk: being a natural rather than a synthetic product, it does not have to be mentioned on labels.
- 1967, Time, "The Case of the Dubious Dye," 6 January, 1967, [1]
- A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.
- 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1910, Chapter XIV, p. 347, [2]
- He wore a great coat in midsummer, being affected with the trembling delirium, and his face was the color of carmine.
- 1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise, Chapter 5, [3]
- He pictured himself in an adobe house in Mexico, half-reclining on a rug-covered couch, his slender, artistic fingers closed on a cigarette while he listened to guitars strumming melancholy undertones to an age-old dirge of Castile and an olive-skinned, carmine-lipped girl caressed his hair.
- 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, New York: Vintage, 2004, p. 33,
- The velvet I seen was brown, but in Boston they got all colors. Carmine. That means red but when you talk about velvet you got to say 'carmine.'
- 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1910, Chapter XIV, p. 347, [2]
Synonyms
- (pigment): crimson, cochineal, C.I. 75470, E120
Derived terms
- paracarmine
Translations
Adjective
carmine
- Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.
Translations
See also
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
Anagrams
- Crimean, Mercian, ceriman, minecar
French
Verb
carmine
- first-person singular present indicative of carminer
- third-person singular present indicative of carminer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of carminer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of carminer
- second-person singular imperative of carminer
Latin
Noun
carmine
- ablative singular of carmen
References
- carmine in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Spanish
Verb
carmine
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of carminar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of carminar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of carminar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of carminar.
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carbine
English
Etymology
Ca. 1600, from French carabine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k??bi?n/, /?k??ba?n/
Noun
carbine (plural carbines)
- A rifle with a short barrel.
- Inside the wall they found "a small cannon aimed at the entrance of the gate, and all along the street soldiers were stationed and a few on horseback were riding up and down. One of these had his carbine strapped on his back, and swung under his arm was a three-foot beheading sword wrapped in red cloth. That section had been terrorized by robbers, and they were prepared."
Related terms
- Jungle Carbine
Translations
Anagrams
- brace in
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