Meaning and Origin
What does the name Carmine mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Carmine
User Submitted Origins
Italian
70%
Spanish
10%
French
10%
English
10%
User Submitted Meanings
- A submission from Missouri, U.S. says the name Carmine means "Gift of God".
- A user from Colorado, U.S. says the name Carmine is of English origin and means "Love".
International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Car"mine
Senses
- A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple.
- A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting.
- [Chem] The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also carminic acid.
Etymology: F. carmincf. Sp. carmin, It. carminio), contr. from LL. carmesinus purple color. See Crimson
Other Dictionary Sources
- A variable color averaging a vivid red
- Color carmine
- Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Wiktionary
From French carmin, from irregular Medieval Latin carminium, itself from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz, “crimson, kermes”) (from Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija, “produced by worms”), from कृमि (kṛ́mi, “worm, insect”)), plus or with influence from Latin minium.
- A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives
- A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.
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carmine was also found in the following language(s): French and Latin