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scar·let

(skär′lĭt)

1. A strong to vivid red or reddish orange.

2. Scarlet-colored clothing or cloth.

adj.

1. Of a strong to vivid red or reddish orange.

2. Flagrantly immoral or unchaste: scarlet thoughts.

[Middle English, scarlet cloth, scarlet, from Old French escarlate, from Medieval Latin scarlata, scarlet cloth, from Persian saqirlāt, rich cloth, scarlet cloth, variant of siqillāt, from Arabic, perhaps from Medieval Greek *sigillatos, from Latin sigillātus, decorated with raised figures, from sigilla, little figures, pl. of sigillum, sigil; see sigil.]

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scarlet

(ˈskɑːlɪt)

1. (Colours) a vivid red colour, sometimes with an orange tinge

2. cloth or clothing of this colour

adj

3. (Colours) of the colour scarlet

4. sinful or immoral, esp unchaste

[C13: from Old French escarlate fine cloth, of unknown origin]

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scar•let

(ˈskɑr lɪt)

n.

1. a bright red color inclining toward orange.

2. cloth or clothing of this color.

adj.

3. of the color scarlet.

4. sexually immoral.

[1200–50; Middle English < Old French escarlate < Medieval Latin scarlata, scarletum]

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Noun	1.	scarlet - a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge orange red, vermilion red, redness - red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
Adj.	1.	scarlet - of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

Translations

قِرْمِزيقِرْمِزِيّ

šarlatšarlatový

purpurrødskarlagensrød

Scharlachrot Scharlach

άλικος

escarlata

helakanpunainenkirkkaanpunainentulipunainen

écarlate

grimizan

skarlátskarlátpirosskarlátvörösélénkvörös

skarlatsrauîur litur

scarlatto scarlattina

深紅色の

주홍의

skaisčiai raudona spalvaskarlatina

spilgti sarkana krāsaspilgti sarkans

scharlakenscharlakenroodvuurrood

purpurrød skarlagen

szkarłatnyszkarłatszkarłatnaszkarłatne

escarlate

алый багровый

šarlátšarlátový

škrlatenškrlatna

scharlakansröd

สีแดงสด

kan kırmızısıparlak kırmızı

đỏ tươi

猩红的鲜红的

scarlet

[ˈskɑːlɪt]

A. N → escarlata f

B. ADJ → color escarlata, colorado (LAm)
scarlet fever → escarlatina f
scarlet pimpernel (Bot) → pimpinela f
scarlet runner → judía f escarlata
to blush scarlet; turn scarlet → enrojecer, ponerse colorado
he was scarlet with rage → se puso rojo de furia

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

scarlet

[ˈskɑː^rlɪt] adj (in colour) → écarlatescarlet fever n → scarlatine f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

scarlet

n → Scharlach(rot) nt

adj → (scharlach)rot, hochrot; to turn or go scarlet → hochrot werden, rot anlaufen (inf); he was scarlet with rage → er war rot or knallrot (inf) → vor Wut; a scarlet woman (old, hum) → eine verrufene or liederliche Frau

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

scarlet

[ˈskɑːlɪt]

1. n → scarlatto

2. adj → scarlatto/a

scarlet

(ˈskaːlit) noun, adjective

(of) a bright red colour. scarlet poppies; She blushed scarlet.

scarlet fever

an infectious fever usually with a sore throat and red rash.

scarlet

→ قِرْمِزِيّ šarlatový skarlagensrød scharlachrot άλικος escarlata kirkkaanpunainen écarlate grimizan scarlatto 深紅色の 주홍의 scharlaken purpurrød szkarłatny escarlate алый scharlakansröd สีแดงสด kan kırmızısı đỏ tươi 猩红的

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The youngster was clothed in scarlet red In scarlet fine and gay; And he did frisk it o'er the plain, And chanted a roundelay.

So they lay still, and in a minute more up came a smart stranger dressed in scarlet and silk and wearing a jaunty hat with a curling cock feather in it.

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"So be it, good master," quoth Little John, "yet all the disguise that I wish is a good suit of scarlet instead of this of Lincoln green.

So Little John clad himself all in scarlet and started off to the Fair at Nottingham Town.

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It was a single arch of gray stone, and lying flat upon the bridge was a scarlet alligator, seemingly fast asleep.

When Guph stumbled over the rocks in approaching the bridge the creature opened its eyes, from which tiny flames shot in all directions, and after looking at the intruder very wickedly the scarlet alligator closed its eyelids again and lay still.

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His tiny surcoat of scarlet velvet was rich with embroidery, while beneath was a close-fitting tunic of white silk.

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It was a rustly day, a scarlet and buff, yellow and carmine, bronze and crimson day.

"I'd choose to be that scarlet maple just on the edge of the pond there,"--and she pointed with the whip.

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I read the 'Marble Faun' first, and then the 'Scarlet Letter,' and then the 'House of Seven Gables,' and then the 'Blithedale Romance;' but I always liked best the last, which is more nearly a novel, and more realistic than the others.

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Last winter, soon after...you came to see us," she said, with a guilty and at the same time confiding smile, "all Dolly's children had scarlet fever, and he happened to come and see her.

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Closely following the jailer into the dismal apartment, appeared that individual, of singular aspect whose presence in the crowd had been of such deep interest to the wearer of the scarlet letter.