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Etymology
:old French escalate, meaning scarlet cloth. If you go further you will discover that scarlet comes from Pers. saqirlat "a kind of rich cloth," variant of siqillat "scarlet cloth, rich cloth," of unknown origin (Arabic siqillat "fine cloth" probably is ult. from Persian).

Noun
scarlet

1. colour a bright red, slightly orange, color|colour.

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1. a scarlet-coloured cloth.

Translations

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Catalan: escarlata
Dutch: scharlaken n
Finnish: helakanpunainen, tulipunainen
Japanese: �� (���, hiiro)
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Polish: szkar�at m
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trans-top|cloth
Japanese: ���� (������, hiironofuku)
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Adjective
scarlet

1. colour of a bright red colour.
2. sinful or whorish (a scarlet woman).
3. slang Ireland embarrassed

Translations
trans-top|colour
Dutch: scharlaken
Finnish: helakanpunainen, tulipunainen
Japanese: ��� (����, hiirono)
trans-mid
Polish: szkar�atny m, szkar�atna f
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trans-top|sinful
Japanese: ������� (���������, seiteki ni midarana)
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Derived terms
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scarlatina
scarlet-collar
scarlet fever
scarlet hat
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scarlet ibis
scarlet letter
scarlet pimpernel
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scarlet runner
scarlet tanager
scarlet woman
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See also
Dick test
runner bean
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

Category:Colors
Category:Reds

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