Vermilion is one the signifiers of Chinese culture.
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Vermilion
//vəˈmɪl.jən//
Synonyms for "vermilion" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
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2 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
5 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
127 translations across 35 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- ալ noun (colour)
- ալ կարմիր noun (colour)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- al noun (colour)
- al-qırmızı noun (colour)
- qönçə noun (colour)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ален adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- яркочервен adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- киновар noun (pigment)
- киновар noun (dye)
Catalan
2 entries- vermelló noun (pigment)
- vermelló noun (colour)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 朱紅 /朱红 noun (pigment)
- 朱紅 /朱红 noun (colour)
- 朱紅色 /朱红色 noun (pigment)
- 朱紅色 /朱红色 noun (colour)
Czech
3 entries- rumělkový adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- rumělka noun (pigment)
- rumělka noun (colour)
Dutch
4 entries- vermiljoen adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- vermiljoen adj (having the color of vermilion dye)
- vermiljoen noun (pigment)
- vermiljoen noun (colour)
Finnish
4 entries- kirkkaanpunainen adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- sinooperinpunainen adj (having the color of vermilion dye)
- tulipunainen adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- sinooperinpunainen noun (colour)
French
2 entries- vermeil adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- vermillon noun (pigment)
Georgian
4 entries- ალისფერი adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- ხასხასა წითელი adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- ვერმილიონი noun (pigment)
- კაშკაშა წითელი noun (colour)
German
1 entries- Zinnober noun (pigment)
Greek
2 entries- κιννάβαρι noun (pigment)
- κιννάβαρι noun (dye)
Gujarati
1 entries- સિંદૂર noun (dye)
Hebrew
1 entries- שָׁשַׁר noun (colour)
Hindi
4 entries- क़िरमिज़ी adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- सिंदूरिया adj (having the color of vermilion dye)
- सिंदूरी adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- सिंदूरी adj (having the color of vermilion dye)
Hungarian
4 entries- cinóberpiros adj (having the color of vermilion dye)
- cinóberszín adj (having the color of vermilion dye)
- cinóbervörös adj (having the color of vermilion dye)
- vermilion adj (having the color of vermilion dye)
Icelandic
1 entries- fagurrauður adj (having the color of vermilion dye)
Irish
2 entries- flanndearg noun (pigment)
- flanndearg noun (colour)
Italian
3 entries- vermiglio adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- vermiglio noun (pigment)
- vermiglio noun (colour)
Japanese
4 entries- 朱色 adj (having the color of vermilion dye)
- 赤い adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- 朱 noun (pigment)
- 朱 noun (colour)
Korean
4 entries- 버밀리언 noun (pigment)
- 버밀리언 noun (colour)
- 주색 noun (pigment)
- 주색 noun (colour)
Latin
2 entries- miniānus adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- miniānus adj (having the color of vermilion dye)
Macedonian
4 entries- а́лен adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- а́лен noun (colour)
- киновар noun (pigment)
- светлоцр́вен noun (colour)
Norwegian
4 entries- sinoberrød adj (having the color of vermilion dye)
- sinober noun (pigment)
- sinober noun (colour)
- sinoberrødt noun (pigment)
Old Occitan
1 entries- vermelh adj (having a brilliant red colour)
Persian
1 entries- شنگرف adj (having the color of vermilion dye)
Polish
4 entries- cynobrowy adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- cynobrowy adj (having the color of vermilion dye)
- cynober noun (pigment)
- cynober noun (colour)
Portuguese
4 entries- vermelhão adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- vermelhão noun (pigment)
- vermelhão noun (colour)
- vermelhão noun (dye)
Romanian
4 entries- vermeil adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- cinabru noun (pigment)
- vermillon noun (pigment)
- vermillon noun (colour)
Russian
4 entries- а́лый adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- я́рко-кра́сный adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- а́лый noun (colour)
- вермильо́н noun (pigment)
Sanskrit
1 entries- दरद noun (pigment)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- boje cinobera adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- cinóber noun (pigment)
- cinóber noun (dye)
- rumena noun (colour)
Spanish
4 entries- bermejo adj (having a brilliant red colour)
- bermejo adj (having the color of vermilion dye)
- bermellón noun (pigment)
- bermellón noun (colour)
Ukrainian
2 entries- кіноварний noun (colour)
- цино́бровий noun (colour)
Venetan
1 entries- sguardo adj (having a brilliant red colour)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
We're lucky to live in an era where we don't have to rely on toxic pigments like vermilion or Paris green.
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Vermilion is made from cinnabar, which is toxic.
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It's a lovely vermilion color.
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