vermeil
French, noun/vɛʁ.mɛj/
vermeil is a French masculine noun meaning “vermeil (gold-plated silver with a reddish hue)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Argent doré dont la dorure tire sur le rouge”.
What does vermeil mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bright red; vermilion
- 2
ruby; cherry
- 3
rosy
noun
- 1
masculinevermeil (gold-plated silver with a reddish hue)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. D’une couleur rouge vif, plus foncé que l’incarnat. #FF0921
noun: 1. Argent doré dont la dorure tire sur le rouge.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vermeil
- vermeille feminine
- vermeils masculine plural
- vermeilles feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vermeil?
- /vɛʁ.mɛj/
- \vɛʁ.mɛj\
- [vɛʁ.mɛj]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vermeil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vermeil in French?
vermeil appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).