Carmine is a deep red food coloring obtained from an insect called the cochineal.
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Carmine
//ˈkɑɹmaɪn//
Synonyms for "carmine" (88 found)
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77 translations across 24 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- որդան կարմիր noun (purplish-red pigment)
- որդան կարմիր noun (purplish-red colour)
Bulgarian
3 entries- тъмночервен adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
- кармин noun (purplish-red pigment)
- тъмночервен цвят noun (purplish-red colour)
Catalan
4 entries- carmí adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
- carmí noun (purplish-red pigment)
- carmí noun (purplish-red colour)
- grana noun (purplish-red colour)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 洋紅 /洋红 noun (purplish-red pigment)
Czech
1 entries- karmín noun (purplish-red pigment)
Dutch
4 entries- karmijnen adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
- karmijnrood adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
- karmozijnen adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
- karmozijnrood adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
Esperanto
1 entries- karmino noun (purplish-red pigment)
Finnish
3 entries- karmiininpunainen adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
- karmiini noun (purplish-red pigment)
- karmiininpunainen noun (purplish-red colour)
German
3 entries- karminrot adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
- Karmin noun (purplish-red pigment)
- Karmin noun (purplish-red colour)
Greek
2 entries- καρμίνη noun (purplish-red pigment)
- καρμίνη noun (purplish-red colour)
Hebrew
1 entries- כַּרְמִיל noun (purplish-red pigment)
Hindi
4 entries- क़िरमिज़ी adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
- किरमिजी adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
- क़िरमिज़ noun (purplish-red pigment)
- क़िरमिज़ noun (purplish-red colour)
Hungarian
2 entries- kármin noun (purplish-red pigment)
- kármin noun (purplish-red colour)
Ido
3 entries- karminea adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
- karmino noun (purplish-red pigment)
- karmino noun (purplish-red colour)
Indonesian
1 entries- merah padam noun (purplish-red colour)
Italian
4 entries- carminio adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
- amaranto noun (purplish-red colour)
- carminio noun (purplish-red pigment)
- carminio noun (purplish-red colour)
Latin
1 entries- cocceus noun (purplish-red pigment)
Polish
4 entries- karminowy adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
- karmin noun (purplish-red pigment)
- karmin noun (purplish-red colour)
- karminowy noun (purplish-red colour)
Portuguese
4 entries- carmesim adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
- carmim adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
- carmesim noun (purplish-red pigment)
- carmesim noun (purplish-red colour)
Romanian
4 entries- carmin adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
- cârmâziu adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
- stacojiu adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
- carmin noun (purplish-red pigment)
Russian
3 entries- карми́нный adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
- карми́н noun (purplish-red pigment)
- карми́нный noun (purplish-red colour)
Spanish
3 entries- carmín adj (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)
- carmín noun (purplish-red pigment)
- carmín noun (purplish-red colour)
Turkish
1 entries- karmin noun (purplish-red pigment)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đỏ yên chi noun (purplish-red colour)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
You tackled Carmine because he was in the way and you ran into him and put your arms around him to keep from falling on your nose.
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Make up has often used carmine as a pigment to achieve bright red shades.
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My favourite colour is carmine red.
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