carmesí

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kər.məˈzi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaɾ.meˈzi]

• Audio (Valencia):

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• Rhymes: -i

Adjective

carmesí (feminine carmesina, masculine plural carmesins, feminine plural carmesines)

1. crimson

Noun

carmesí m (plural carmesins)

1. crimson

See also

Further reading

• “carmesí” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “carmesí”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “carmesí” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “carmesí” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾmeˈsi/ [kaɾ.meˈsi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: car‧me‧sí

Adjective

carmesí m or f (masculine and feminine plural carmesí or carmesís or carmesíes)

1. crimson

   Synonym: amaranto

Noun

carmesí m (uncountable)

1. crimson

   Synonym: amaranto

See also

Further reading

• “carmesí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10