vermell

Inherited from Old Catalan vermell~vermeyl, from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”). Compare Occitan vermelh, French vermeil, Spanish bermejo, Portuguese vermelho, Italian vermiglio. First attested in the 13th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bərˈmɛʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vərˈməʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [veɾˈmeʎ]

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vermell (feminine vermella, masculine plural vermells, feminine plural vermelles)

1. red, vermilion (blood red)

   Synonym: roig

vermell m (plural vermells)

1. the colour red/vermilion

• “vermell”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “vermell” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vermell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.