bermellón
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French vermillon, ultimately from Latin vermiculus, diminutive of vermis (“worm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beɾmeˈʝon/ [beɾ.meˈʝõn] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /beɾmeˈʎon/ [beɾ.meˈʎõn] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /beɾmeˈʃon/ [beɾ.meˈʃõn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /beɾmeˈʒon/ [beɾ.meˈʒõn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ber‧me‧llón
Noun
bermellón m (uncountable)
- vermillion (pigment)
- Synonym: cinabrio
- vermillion (color)
Further reading
- “bermellón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025