How is the word écarlate translated from French to English
English translation
Scarlet
adjective 
D'un rouge vif.
Of a bright red colour.
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Elle portait un manteau écarlate. — She wore a scarlet coat.
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Les feuilles d'érable sont devenues écarlates en une nuit. — The maple leaves turned scarlet overnight.
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Ce ruban écarlate n'est-il pas trop vif ? — Isn't that scarlet ribbon too bright?
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Écarlate is literary, exactly as scarlet is, and the two words are the same word — both come through medieval trade from an Arabic-Persian name for a costly cloth.
It is invariable in gender, like all adjectives ending in -e: un ruban écarlate, une robe écarlate. And it is the standard word for a face flushing with anger or embarrassment: devenir écarlate, where English would more often say to go red.
Forms of “écarlate”
- écarlate masculin et féminin
- écarlates pluriel
- scarlatine scarlet fever — a separate noun
Common phrases with “écarlate”
- la scarlatine scarlet fever
- La Lettre écarlate The Scarlet Letter
- devenir écarlate to turn scarlet, of a face
- un ruban écarlate a scarlet ribbon
How “écarlate” differs from similar words
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rouge red
The everyday colour. A red car is rouge; écarlate belongs to writing.
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cramoisi crimson
Darker and bluer — wine rather than poppy. Also used of a face, and more violently than écarlate.
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pourpre purple, deep crimson
A trap: French pourpre is closer to dark red than to English purple, which is violet.
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