cochineal

(kŏch'ə-nēl', kŏch'ə-nēl', kō'chə-, kō'chə-)

1. A red dye made of the dried and pulverized bodies of female cochineal insects. It is used as a biological stain and as an indicator in acid-base titrations.
2. A vivid red.

[French cochenille, from Spanish cochinilla, cochineal insect, probably from Vulgar Latin *coccinella, from feminine diminutive of Latin coccinus, scarlet, from Greek kokkinos, from kokkos, kermes berry (from its use in making scarlet dye).]

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kochenille, karmin, kochenillelus

Nederlands (Dutch)
cochenille

Français (French)
n. - (Zool) cochenille, (Culin) carmin

Deutsch (German)
n. - Koschinelle(rot)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ζωολ., χημ.) κοχενίλλη

Italiano (Italian)
cocciniglia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cochinilha (f) (Quím.)

Русский (Russian)
кошениль

Español (Spanish)
n. - cochinilla

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - koschenill

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
虫红, 胭脂虫, 胭红

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 蟲紅, 胭脂蟲, 胭紅

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 연지 벌레, 코치닐 염료

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - コチニールカイガラムシ, コチニール

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مادة حمرا تضاف الى الأطعمه, قرمز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אדום, שני‬

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