carmine
/ˈkɑɹmaɪn/noun, adjective
carmine is spelled C-A-R-M-I-N-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Carmine, the name). As a noun, carmine means “A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of carmine is carmines.
How many letters and syllables are in carmine?
| Letters | 7: C-A-R-M-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is carmine?
Carmine appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Carmine, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce carmine?
- UK /ˈkɑːmaɪn/
- US /ˈkɑɹmaɪn/
Carmine has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-carmine.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of carmine
- carmines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does carmine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.
- 2
A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.
adjective
- 1
Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Carmine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does carmine come from?
From French carmin, from irregular Medieval Latin carminium, itself from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz, “crimson, kermes”) from Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”), plus or with influence from Latin minium. Compare crimson and kermes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).