escarlata

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic إشْكِرْلاطَ (ʔiškirlāṭa), from Arabic سِقِلّاط (siqillāṭ), from Byzantine Greek σιγιλλᾶτος (sigillâtos), from Latin textum sigillātum (literally “sealed text”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskaɾˈlata/ [es.kaɾˈla.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Syllabification: es‧car‧la‧ta

Noun

escarlata f (plural escarlatas)

  1. scarlet (color)

Adjective

escarlata m or f (masculine and feminine plural escarlata or escarlatas)

  1. scarlet (color)

Usage notes

  • Just like rosa, the adjective escarlata does not undergo inflection in gender. Thus, whether modifying a masculine or feminine noun, one should use escarlata and never *escarlato.

References

  1. ^ Coromines, Joan (1961) “escarlata”, in Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 242

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