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Carmine Common

Carmine has 6 different meanings across 4 categories:

Noun · Verb · Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a variable color averaging a vivid red

2

A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.

Verb
1

color carmine

Adjective
1

of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

2

Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.

Proper Noun
1

A male given name

See Also
dye carmine red cochineal carminic derivative red purplish colour
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
red redden

Origin

The word carmine comes from the French carmin, which was borrowed from Medieval Latin and originally derived from an Arabic term meaning "crimson." This Arabic word traces back to Persian and ultimately to a Proto-Indo-Iranian root referring to a worm.

Rhyming Words
ine sine vine line mine bine zine wine dine eine pine gine kine rine fine nine tine cine meine reine
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