carmim

From French carmin (“carmine”).

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɦ.ˈmĩʲ/
• Rhymes: -ĩ
• Hyphenation: car‧mim

carmim m (plural carmins)

1. carmine (purplish-red pigment made from cochineals)

   Synonym: cochonilha

2. (uncountable) carmine (purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment)

   Synonym: carmesim

3. cochineal (Dactylopius coccus, an insect)

   Synonyms: cochonilha, cochonilha-do-carmim

carmim m or f (plural carmins)

1. carmine (of the purplish red colour shade carmine)

   Synonyms: carmesim, carminado, carmíneo