Cochineal

//ˌkɒt͡ʃɪˈniːl//

Synonyms for "cochineal" (8 found)

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Noun(1 words)
carmine

Strong matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
cochineal insect

Related words (4)

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Translations

77 translations across 41 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • دودة قرمزية noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Armenian

1 entries
  • որդան կարմիր noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • koşenil noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Basque

2 entries
  • kotxinilla noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • kukurutxa noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • кашаніль noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • кармин noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)

Catalan

3 entries
  • caparreta noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • cotxinilla noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • cotxinilla noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 呀囒米 /呀𪢠米 noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • 胭脂蟲 /胭脂虫 noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 胭脂蟲 /胭脂虫 noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • 胭脂蟲紅 /胭脂虫红 noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries
  • nōcheztli noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)

Czech

2 entries
  • nopálovec karmínový noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • červec nopálový noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Danish

1 entries
  • cochenillelus noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Dutch

1 entries
  • cochenilleluis noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • koĉenilo noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)
  • koĉo noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Estonian

2 entries
  • kilptäi noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • košenill noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)

Finnish

4 entries
  • karmiininpunainen adj (possessing a vivid red colour)
  • karmiini noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)
  • kokenillikirva noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • kokkiniili noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)

French

2 entries
  • cochenille noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • cochenille noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)

Galician

1 entries
  • cochinilla noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Georgian

1 entries
  • კოშენილი noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

German

3 entries
  • Cochenille noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • Cochenillelaus noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • Cochenilleschildlaus noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Greek

2 entries
  • κοχενίλη noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • κοχενίλη noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • כנימת קוכיניאל noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Hindi

2 entries
  • क़िरमिज़ noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • क़िरमिज़ noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bíborbogár noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • bíbortetű noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • kárminsav noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)
  • kárminvörös noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)

Irish

1 entries
  • carnaid noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Italian

2 entries
  • cocciniglia noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • cocciniglia noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)

Japanese

3 entries
  • コチニール noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)
  • コチニールカイガラムシ noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • 臙脂虫 noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Korean

3 entries
  • 깍지벌레 noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • 연지벌레 noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • 코치닐 noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)

North Frisian

2 entries
  • cochenille noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • cochenillelüs noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • cochenillelus noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Persian

1 entries
  • قرمزدانه مکزیکی noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Polish

2 entries
  • czerwiec kaktusowy noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • koszenila noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • cochinilha noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • cochonilha noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Russian

2 entries
  • кошени́ль noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • кошени́ль noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)

Slovene

1 entries
  • košeniljka noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Spanish

3 entries
  • cochinilla noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • cochinilla noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)
  • grana noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)

Swedish

2 entries
  • koschenill noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)
  • koschenillsköldlus noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Tamil

1 entries
  • ஈயன்மூதாய் noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • кошені́ль noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • кошені́ль noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)
  • черве́ць noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • bọ yên chi noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • rệp son noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)

Welsh

2 entries
  • cochbryf noun (scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus)
  • cochbryf noun (vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects; vivid red colour of this dye)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Carmine is a deep red food coloring obtained from an insect called the cochineal.

Source: tatoeba (799881)

Cochineal is a red color that comes from dried beetles.

Source: tatoeba (8257475)

The Cochineel is an Inſect, bred in a ſort of Fruit much like the Prickle Pear. […] The Silveſter gives a colour almoſt as fair as the Cochineel; and ſo like it as to be often miſtaken for it, but it is not near ſo valuable.

Source: wiktionary

A prodigious quantity of insects of all sorts (but no mosquitoes) assailed us at our evening meal. […] There were some that were larger—earwigs, cochineals, a little mole-cricket, and an enormous mantis. I stuffed a number of them into my poison-bottle.

Source: wiktionary

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