gernet
Middle English
Alternative forms
- gernad, granate, garnet, garnad, granat
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French grenate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɛrnɛt/
Noun
gernet (plural gernetes or gernes)
- red, garnet (colour)
Descendants
- English: garnet
- Scots: garnat
References
- “gernet (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
See also
Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text) | ||||
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whit | grey, hor | blak | ||
red ; cremesyn, gernet | citrine, aumbre ; broun, tawne | yelow, dorry ; canevas | ||
grasgrene | grene | |||
plunket ; ewage | asure, livid | blewe, blo, pers | ||
violet ; inde | rose, murrey ; purpel | claret |