scarlet

n.

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.]

IN BRIEF: n. - A variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge.

Put on your dresses scarlet and gold, For summer is gone and the days grow cold. — unknown, Source: A Children's Song of the 1880's

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
  Synonyms: vermilion, orange red

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The adjective scarlet has one meaning:

Meaning #1: having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
  Synonyms: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skarlagensrød, purpurrød, blussende rød
n. - skarlagensrødt, purpurrødt

idioms:

• scarlet fever    skarlagensfeber
• scarlet woman    den store skøge i Johannes' Åbenbaring

Nederlands (Dutch)
scharlaken(rood)

Français (French)
adj. - écarlate
n. - écarlate, (Relig) pourpre, (Hist) veste écarlate

idioms:

• scarlet fever    scarlatine
• scarlet woman    femme de mauvaise vie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Scharlachrot
adj. - scharlachrot, unzüchtig

idioms:

• scarlet fever    Scharlach
• scarlet woman    Prostituierte

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κόκκινο της φωτιάς
adj. - άλικος, κατακόκκινος

idioms:

• scarlet fever    οστρακιά
• scarlet woman    πόρνη

Italiano (Italian)
scarlatto

idioms:

• scarlet fever    scarlattina
• scarlet woman    prostituta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - escarlate (m)
adj. - escarlate

idioms:

• scarlet fever    escarlatina
• scarlet woman    epípeto injurioso dirigido à Igreja Católica

Русский (Russian)
ярко-красный, алый, багряный цвет, мантия, одежда из пурпура, раскрасневшийся, одетый в пурпур, распутный, греховный

idioms:

• scarlet fever    скарлатина
• scarlet woman    проститутка

Español (Spanish)
adj. - grana, carmesí, de color escarlata
n. - escarlata

idioms:

• scarlet fever    escarlatina
• scarlet woman    prostituta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - scharlakansrött, scharlakansröd dräkt
adj. - scharlakansröd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
猩红的, 鲜红的, 绯红的, 淫荡的, 罪孽深重的, 猩红色, 鲜红色, 绯红色, 鲜红色衣服, 鲜红色布

idioms:

• scarlet fever    猩红热
• scarlet woman    妓女

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 猩紅的, 鮮紅的, 緋紅的, 淫蕩的, 罪孽深重的
n. - 猩紅色, 鮮紅色, 緋紅色, 鮮紅色衣服, 鮮紅色布

idioms:

• scarlet fever    猩紅熱
• scarlet woman    妓女

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 주홍의, 얼굴이 새빨간, 음란한
n. - 주홍, 진홍색의 옷 (대주교, 영국 고등법원판사, 육군장교 따위의 예복색), (성 범죄를 상징하는) 주홍색

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 緋色, 緋色の服
adj. - 緋色の, 目に余る

idioms:

• scarlet fever    猩紅熱
• scarlet woman    不義の女, 緋色の淫婦

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قماش قرمزي أللون (صفه) فاسق, داعر, قرمزي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שני (אדום לוהט נוטה לכתום)‬
n. - ‮צבע אדום (שני)‬

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