bermellón

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French vermillon, ultimately from Latin vermiculus, diminutive of vermis (“worm”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /beɾmeˈʝon/ [beɾ.meˈʝõn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /beɾmeˈʝon/ [beɾ.meˈʝõn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /beɾmeˈʎon/ [beɾ.meˈʎõn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /beɾmeˈʃon/ [beɾ.meˈʃõn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /beɾmeˈʒon/ [beɾ.meˈʒõn]

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ber‧me‧llón

Noun

bermellón m (uncountable)

1. vermillion (pigment)

   Synonym: cinabrio

2. vermillion (color)

Further reading

• “bermellón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10