écarlate

Etymology

Old French escarlate (“scarlet cloth”), from Medieval Latin scarlatum (“scarlet cloth”), via Persian سقرلاط‎ (saqirlāt, “a warm woollen cloth”), a variant of سقلاط‎ (siqillāt, “scarlet cloth”) from Byzantine Greek σιγιλλᾶτος (sigillâtos), ultimately from Latin (textum) sigillātum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.kaʁ.lat/

Adjective

écarlate (plural écarlates)

1. scarlet

Noun

écarlate f (plural écarlates)

1. scarlet (color)

Further reading

• “écarlate” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• écartela
• éclatera