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English
Various shades of red
A Celtic woman with red hair.
A Uyghur girl in China who has red hair.
A glass of red wine
A red salmon
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English red , from Old English rēad , from Proto-West Germanic *raud , from Proto-Germanic *raudaz from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós , from the root *h₁rewdʰ- .
Cognates
See also
West Frisian read ,
Low German root ,
rod ,
Dutch rood ,
German rot ,
Danish and
Norwegian Bokmål rød ,
Norwegian Nynorsk raud ; also
Welsh rhudd ,
Latin ruber ,
rufus ,
Tocharian A rtär ,
Tocharian B ratre ,
Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός ( eruthrós ) ,
Albanian pruth ( “ redhead ” ) ,
Russian ру́дый (rúdyj) ("red", "redhaired").
Czech rudý ,
Lithuanian raúdas ,
Finnish rauta ,
Estonian raud ,
Serbo-Croatian riđ ("reddish", "red"),
Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬙𐬀 ( raoidita ) ,
Sanskrit रुधिर ( rudhirá ,
“ red, bloody ” ) .
Adjective
red (comparative redder or more red , superlative reddest or most red )
Of a red hue.
The girl wore a red skirt.
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :Your colour, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
( of hair ) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger .
Her hair had red highlights.
( of the skin ) With a red hue due to embarrassment or sunburn .
1982 , Douglas Adams , Life, the Universe and Everything , page 23 :[T]he sun was shining on a happy crowd. It shone on white hats and red faces. It shone on ice lollies and melted them.
( of a dog or its coat ) Having a brown color.
( card games , of a card) Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare black ( “ of the spades or clubs suits ” )
I got two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.
( politics , often capitalized ) Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:
Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist , including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany .
"Only Nixon could go to China" was the refrain of conventional wisdom during Richard Nixon’s 1972 official visit to Mao Tse-tung’s regime. Nixon’s anti-communist credentials, however dubious, provided useful camouflage as he opened diplomatic relations with Red China and made breathtaking concessions that an undisguised liberal couldn’t get away with.
the red -black grand coalition in Germany
( US politics ) The U.S. Republican Party .
a red state
a red Congress
( chiefly derogatory , offensive ) Amerind ; relating to Amerindians or First Nations
1994 , Soundgarden, Spoonman :All my friends are Indians / All my friends are brown and red
( astronomy ) Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
( particle physics ) Of a red color charge .
Synonyms
( color ) : scarlet , crimson , vermilion , ruby -red, cherry -red, cerise , cardinal -red, carmine , wine -red, claret -red, blood -red (sanguine ), coral -red, cochineal -red, rose -red (rosy , damask ), brick -red, maroon , rust -red (rusty), rufous -red, gules -red, rufescent .
Antonyms
( antonym(s) of “ having red as its colour ” ) : nonred , unred
( antonym(s) of “ having red as its colour charge ” ) : antired
Derived terms
Adrianople red alizarin red anti-red apple red arrest-me-red ash-red barn red beetroot red better dead than red big red button big red switch bleed red ink blood-red blood-red fancy blue-red brick-red cadmium red Cambodian red Canadian red pine cardinal red carmine red carthamus red catch red-handed cherry-red Christmas Island red crab code red Cuban red macaw cut red tape dago red dark red , dead-red eastern red cedar Ezo red fox Falun red Falu red French red Great Red Dragon grey red-backed vole Harlan's red-tailed hawk Harrison red Himalayan red bear indigo red infra-red Irish red ale kino red Little Red Riding Hood Magdala red , magdala red Miss Waldron's red colobus Moroccan red , Morocco red Mount Graham red squirrel Murray red gum Nantucket red naphthalene red Nile red northern red-backed vole northern red oak Old Red Sandstone paint the town red paranitraniline red para red Parliamentary red picrosirius red Prussian red put on the red light Quebec red trout quinova red ragged red fibers raise red flags ratanhia red red admirable red admiral red alder red ale red alert red alga red-and-green macaw red and silver dewdrop red ant red antimony red ape red apple Red Army red arrow red as a beetroot red as a lobster red ash red-assed red avadavat red-backed fairywren red-backed hawk red-backed sea eagle red-backed shrike red-back , redback , red back red bag delivery red-bait red-baiter red-baiting red ball red banana red band red-banded sand wasp red bandfish red banner red bayberry Red Bay ( place name ) red bay ( tree ) red bean red beet red-bellied black snake red-bellied piranha red-bellied titi red biddy red-billed red-billed gull red-billed leiothrix red-billed woodcreeper red birch red-bird , redbird red-black tree red-blood red blood cell red blood cell cast red-blooded red-bloodedness Red Bluff red book red bourgeoisie red box red brass red-breasted flycatcher red-breasted goose red-breasted merganser red-breasted sapsucker red-brick , redbrick red brick university Red Brigades red-brown red brush redbud redbug red button red cabbage red campion red cap red-capped red-capped parrot red car red cardinal flower red card , red-card red-carpetful red carpet , red-carpet Redcastle red caviar red cedar red cell red cent red chalk red chamber red chickweed Red China red chip red chokeberry red circle rate Red Cloud red clover red clump red Clydeside red coat , redcoat red-cockaded woodpecker red codling red-collared lorikeet red-collared widowbird red-cook red copper red coral red corpuscle red cotton-tree , red cotton tree Red Crescent red-crested pochard Red Cross red crossbill red-crowned crane red cunt hair red currant]], red-currant red cypress red daikon red day red dead man's fingers red deer red delicious redden red detuning red-diaper red diaper baby , red-diaper baby red diesel reddish red dog red drum red dwarf red-eared slider red-eared terrapin red-eared turtle red ear syndrome red earth red egg red elm red ensign red envelope Red Eye red-eyed red-eye gravy red eye , red-eye , redeye red-faced red-faced cormorant red face test red factor canary red-fan parrot red fascism red fascist red fescue red fever red figure red fir red fire redfish red-flaggy red flag in front of a bull red flag knowledge red flag law red flag , Red Flag red flag to a bull red flag warning Red Flames red-flanked bluetail red flour beetle red flower red-footed falcon red-footed tortoise red forest red fox red-fronted tinkerbird red fuming nitric acid red geyser red giant red ginger red gold red goods red grape red-green alliance red-green-brown alliance red-green coalition red-green , red green red grouse Red Guard , red guard red gum , red-gum red gurnard red hair red hake red-handed red-handedly red-handedness red hat Red Hawke redhead red-headed Eskimo red-headed honeyeater red-headed , redheaded red-headed stepchild red heat red Helen red herring red herring prospectus Red Hill red hind red hornweed red horse , redhorse red-hot minute red-hot poker red-hot , red hot red huckleberry red-humped caterpillar red hydrogen red imported fire ant red ink red-inker red in the face red in tooth and claw red ivory red jackal red jade red judge red junglefowl red juniper red kangaroo Red Ken red king crab red kite red knot red kuri squash Red Lake County Red Lake Falls red lane red lead red leaf red Leb red-legged golden orb-weaver spider red-legged grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum )red-legged partridge red-legged tinamou red-leg , red leg Red Leicester red-letter red-letter day , red letter day red-letter edition red letter law red licorice red light red-light camera , red light camera red-light district , red light district red line Red Liner red link red-linked red lion red-lipped batfish red liquor red liquorice Red List red lives matter Red Lodge red lynx red-maids , red maids red mammee , red mamey red man red manganese red manganese oxide red mange red man syndrome red maple (Acer rubrum )red marrow red mass red mead red measles red meat red meat radish red menace red mercury red mist red mite red moki red mongo red monkey red mud red mulberry red mulga red mullet red-necked buzzard red-necked francolin red-necked grebe red-necked phalarope red-necked stint red-necked wallaby red-necked woodpecker red neck syndrome red Ned red neuralgia red-nigger , red nigger red nightshade red noise red-nose tetra red notice red nucleus red nugget red nugget galaxy red oak Red Oak ( place name ) red oak tree red ocher , red ochre red onion red osier red osier dogwood red owl red oxide red oxygen red packet red panda red pea red-pencil red pepper red phalarope red phosphorus red pill red pilled red piller red pine red pipe red piranha red plague red planet red point , red-point Red Poll redpoll (Acanthis spp.)red poppy red porgy red precipitate red princess flower red puccoon (Sanguinaria canadensis )red pudding red pussy hair red rag red-ragger red rag to a bull red rail red raspberry red rattle red rattler red-red stew red ribbon red rice red rider red-rimmed red ring red ring disease red ring of death red ring skirt red river hog Red Rock red rock crab red rocket red room redroot Red Roses red rot red route red-rumped swallow Red Russian kale red salmon red sanders red sauce Red Scar red scare red scarf red sea Red Sea Red Sea Hills red seaperch red setter red-shafted flicker red shank redshank red-shanked douc red shirt , red-shirt red-short red-shortness red-shouldered hawk red silky oak red silver red siskin red slaw red slender loris red snake red snapper red snow red sorrel red spider red spiral red spiral galaxy Red Spot red-spotted purple red sprite red spruce red squad Red Square red squill (Drimia maritima )red squirrel Red Star red-start red state red steenbras red strawberry tongue red string of fate reds under the bed red sunflower red supergiant red swampdragon red tag red-tagging red tail disease red-tailed black cockatoo red-tailed hawk red-tailed phascogale red-tailed shrike red-tailed squirrel red-tailed tropicbird red tape red-tapeism red-tapism red-tapist red tea red teamer red-team , red team red terror red-throat red-throated diver red-throated loon red-throated pipit red-throated thrush red-throated tit red tide red tiger red time red toad trillium red-toothed shrew red-top , red top , redtop red-to-red red triangle slug red trillium red turtle dove red under the bed red-up , red up red valerian red-veined darter red-veined dock red velvet red velvet cake , red-velvet cake red velvet mite red vet pet Red Vienna red vitriol Red Volta red wall red water red wave red wedding red week Red Wharf Bay red whortleberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea )red wiggler Red Willow County Red Willow Creek red wine headache Red Wing red-winged blackbird red-winged fairywren red-winged tinamou redwing , red-wing red wings red wolf red won redwood red worm (Lumbricina spp.)red yeast rice red zone , red-zone river red gum roll out the red carpet rose red , rosy-red rosy-red minnow royal red prawn ruby-red , ruby red run a red light ruthenium red scarlet red Shasta red fir sit dead-red Spanish red spot-red straight red straight red card take the red eye take the red pill tile red turn a number of shades of red turn on red unexpected red theory violet red bile agar we all bleed red western red cedar (Thuja plicata )wormred yellow-red
Translations
Noun
red (countable and uncountable , plural reds )
( countable and uncountable ) The colour of the setting sun; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
red:
Red can be seen as hot or angry.
( countable ) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist ; ( usually capitalized ) a Bolshevik , a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
Coordinate term: pinko
( countable , snooker ) One of the 15 red balls used in snooker , distinguished from the colours .
( countable and uncountable ) Red wine .
2005 , Jeffrey P. Landry, Temptation Mango :He produced a wine key from his jacket pocket and effortlessly removed the cork from the bottle of red .
2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health , volume 23 , number 1, →ISSN , page 135 :59 sneak in some red Smuggle a bottle of wine, two glasses, and a corkscrew into a long matinee. Red wine is rich in life-extending antioxidants, and the caper will add zest even to a bad movie.
( countable ) Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt , giving the beer a red colour.
Hyponyms: Flanders red , Irish red
2012 June 5, Howard Stelzer, Beer Cocktails: 50 Superbly Crafted Cocktails that Liven Up Your Lagers and Ales , Harvard Common Press, →ISBN :American reds and doppelbocks are heavy lagers as well. It really comes down to how the beer was made. Beyond that, brewers are immensely creative and have developed styles of both ale and lager that run a wide range of attributes.
2016 April 1, Lonely Planet, Helena Smith, Andy Symington, Donna Wheeler, Lonely Planet Belgium & Luxembourg , Lonely Planet, →ISBN :No other country has a brewing tradition as richly diverse as that of Belgium, with beers ranging from pleasant pale lagers to wild, winelike Flemish reds and lambics.
( countable , informal , Australia ) A red kangaroo .
( countable , informal , UK , birdwatching ) A redshank .
( derogatory , offensive ) An American Indian .
Synonym: redskin
( slang ) The drug secobarbital ; a capsule of this drug.
Synonyms: redbird , red devil
1970 , “Truckin'”, in American Beauty , performed by Grateful Dead:What in the world ever became of sweet Jane? / She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same / Livin' on reds , vitamin C, and cocaine
1971 , Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas , Harper Perennial, published 2005 , page 202 :The big market, these days, is in Downers. Reds and smack—Seconal and heroin—and a hellbroth of bad domestic grass sprayed with everything from arsenic to horse tranquillizers.
1998 , Jeffery Deaver , The Coffin Dancer , New York, NY: Pocket Books , published 2021 , →ISBN , page 285 :“Whatchu got, man?” / “Reds , bennies, dexies, yellow jackets, demmies.” / “Yeah, demmies're good shit, man. I pay you. Fuck. I got money. I'm hurting inside. Got beat up. Where my money?”
( informal ) A red light ( a traffic signal )
1974 , Tom Waits (lyrics and music), “(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night”, in The Heart of Saturday Night :Stopping on the red , you're going on the green / Cause tonight will be like nothing you've ever seen / And you're barreling down the boulevard / You're looking for the heart of Saturday night
( Ireland , UK , beverages, informal ) Red lemonade
( particle physics ) One of the three color charges for quarks .
( US , colloquial , uncountable ) Chili con carne ( usually in the phrase "bowl of red" ) .
1982 , The Rotarian , volume 140 , number 1, page 39 :Houston visited a home in an early pioneer settlement where he was offered a bowl of red . Houston eagerly took his first large spoonful. His eyes watering, he spat out his bite [ …]
( informal ) The redfish or red drum , Sciaenops ocellatus , a fish with reddish fins and scales.
2013 November, Catch Cormier, “Sightcasting for redfish”, in Louisiana Sportsman :The species Sciaenops ocellatus certainly isn’t lacking for nicknames. [ …] Clear water also favors sightcasting. Against the dark background of marsh mud, a red will appear like a pumpkin — big, orange and round.
( slang , uncountable ) Tomato ketchup .
2016 , Jon Bounds, Danny Smith, Pier Review: A Road Trip in Search of the Great British Seaside :I squeeze some red out over my chips and feel guilty. Nothing is as English as Heinz ketchup in the sauce game, except perhaps HP.
Derived terms
Translations
colour
Afrikaans: rooi (af)
Ainu: フレ ( hure )
Aklanon: puea
Albanian: kuq (sq)
Amharic: ቀይ (am) ( ḳäy )
Arabic: حُمْرَة f ( ḥumra ) , أَحْمَر (ar) m ( ʔaḥmar )
Egyptian Arabic: أحمر m ( ʔaḥmar )
Aragonese: royo m
Armenian: կարմիր (hy) ( karmir )
Assamese: ৰঙা ( roṅa ) , ৰঙা ৰং ( roṅa roṅ )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܡܘܿܩܵܐ m ( smoqa )
Asturian: bermeyu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: qırmızı (az)
Bashkir: ҡыҙыл ( qıźıl )
Basque: gorri
Belarusian: чырво́ны (be) ( čyrvóny )
Bengali: লাল (bn) ( lal )
Bhojpuri: लाल ( lāl )
Breton: ruz (br)
Budukh: ал ( al )
Bulgarian: червен (bg) m ( červen )
Burmese: အနီ (my) ( a.ni )
Buryat: улаан ( ulaan )
Catalan: vermell (ca) m , roig (ca) m
Cebuano: pula or puwa
Central Huishui Hmong: liab
Chechen: цӏе ( cʼe ) , цӏен ( cʼen )
Cherokee: ᎩᎦᎨᎢ ( gigagei )
Chichewa: chofiira
Chickasaw: homa
Chinese:
Cantonese: 紅色 / 红色 ( hung4 sik1 )
Eastern Min: 红色 ( oing saik )
Hokkien: 紅色 / 红色 (zh-min-nan) ( âng-sek )
Mandarin: 紅色 / 红色 (zh) ( hóngsè )
Chukchi: чеԓгыԓьын ( čeḷgyḷʹyn )
Cornish: rudh
Corsican: rossu (co)
Czech: červeň (cs) f , červená (cs) f , rudá (cs) f
Danish: rød (da)
Dutch: rood (nl)
Dzongkha: དམརཔོ ( dmrpo )
Esperanto: ruĝo
Estonian: punane (et)
Evenki: хулама ( hulama )
Ewe: dzĩ
Farefare: mõlga
Finnish: punainen (fi)
Franco-Provençal: rojo m
French: rouge (fr) m
Galician: vermello (gl) m , encarnado (gl) m
Georgian: წითელი ფერი ( c̣iteli peri ) , წითელი (ka) ( c̣iteli )
German: Rot (de) n
Greek: κόκκινο (el) n ( kókkino ) , ερυθρό (el) n ( erythró ) , πορφυρό (el) n ( porfyró ) , άλικο (el) n ( áliko )
Greenlandic: aappaluttoq (kl)
Guaraní: pytã
Gujarati: લાલ (gu) ( lāl )
Haitian Creole: rouj , wouj
Hausa: ja
Hawaiian: ʻulaʻula
Hebrew: אדום (he) ( adom )
Higaonon: maliga
Hiligaynon: pula
Hindi: लाल (hi) ( lāl ) , रुधिर (hi) ( rudhir )
Hungarian: piros (hu) , vörös (hu)
Icelandic: rauður (is)
Ido: reda (io)
Igbo: acha ọbara ọbara
Indonesian: merah (id)
Ingush: цӏе ( cʼe )
Interlingua: rubio , rubro , rubido ( dark )
Irish: dearg (ga) , rua (ga) ( dark )
Italian: rosso (it) m
Japanese: 赤 (ja) ( あか, aka )
Javanese: abang (jv) ( ngoko ) , abrit (jv) ( krama )
Kalmyk: улаан ( ulaan )
Kannada: ಕೆಂಪು (kn) ( kempu )
Kapampangan: lutu
Kashubian: czerwiony
Kazakh: қызыл (kk) ( qyzyl )
Khinalug: ал ( al )
Khmer: ក្រហម (km) ( grəhorm )
Kikuyu: ũtune class 14
Kongo: mbwaki
Korean: 빨강 (ko) ( ppalgang ) , 빨간색 (ko) ( ppalgansaek )
Kyrgyz: кызыл (ky) ( kızıl )
Lao: ສີແດງ (lo) ( sī dǣng )
Latgalian: sorkons m , sorkona f
Latin: color ruber m
Latvian: sarkans (lv) m
Ligurian: rósso m
Lithuanian: raudonas m , raudona f
Lombard: ross (lmo)
Louisiana Creole French: rouj
Luxembourgish: rout (lb)
Macedonian: црвена ( crvena )
Maguindanao: mariga
Malagasy: mena (mg)
Malay: merah (ms)
Malayalam: ചുവപ്പ് (ml) ( cuvappŭ )
Maltese: aħmar (mt)
Manchu: ᡶᡠᠯᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ ( fulgiyan )
Manx: jiarg
Maori: whero (mi)
Maranao: mariga'
Marathi: लाल (mr) ( lāl )
Maricopa: hwetam
Mongolian: улаан (mn) ( ulaan ) ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ( ulaɣan )
Moore: miuugu , miigi , miiri
Nanai: сэгден ( segʒen )
Navajo: łichíʼí
Nepali: रातो (ne) ( rāto )
Nga La: sen
Nheengatu: piranga
Norwegian: rød (no) , raud (no)
O'odham: wegi
Occitan: rog (oc) m , roge (oc) m
Odia: ନାଲି (or) ( nāli )
Old Norse: rauðr
Pangasinan: ambalanga
Persian: قرمز (fa) ( qermez ) , سرخ (fa) ( sorx ) , احمر (fa) ( ahmar )
Polish: czerwień (pl) f
Portuguese: vermelho (pt) m , rubro (pt) m , vermelha (pt) f , rubra (pt) f , encarnado (pt) m , escarlate (pt) m
Punjabi: ਲਾਲ (pa) ( lāl )
Quechua: puka
Romanian: roșu (ro)
Russian: кра́сный (ru) ( krásnyj )
Samoan: lanu mumu
Sanskrit: रुधिर (sa) ( rudhira ) , लोहित (sa) ( lohita )
Saterland Frisian: rood
Scots: reid
Scottish Gaelic: dearg , ruadh ( dark red, auburn )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: црвена f
Roman: crvena (sh) f
Sherpa: མར་རུ ( mar ru )
Shona: tsvuku
Sinhalese: රතු (si) ( ratu )
Slovak: červená
Slovene: rdeča f
Somali: gaduud
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: cerwjeń f
Sotho: lesêdi , khubelu (st)
Spanish: rojo (es)
Sundanese: beureum (su)
Swahili: -ekundu
Swedish: röd (sv) , rött (sv)
Sylheti: ꠟꠣꠟ ( lal )
Tagalog: pula (tl)
Tajik: surx
Tamil: சிவப்பு (ta) ( civappu )
Tausug: pula
Telugu: ఎరుపు (te) ( erupu )
Tetum: mean
Thai: สีแดง (th) ( sǐi-dɛɛng )
Tibetan: དམར ( dmar ) , དམར་པོ ( dmar po )
Tok Pisin: redpela
Tupinambá: pirang , pitang
Turkish: kırmızı (tr) , kızıl (tr) , al (tr)
Turkmen: gyzyl
Tuvan: кызыл ( kızıl )
Ukrainian: червоний (uk) ( červonyj )
Unami: maxke , maxksu
Uyghur: قىزىل (ug) ( qizil )
Uzbek: qizil (uz)
Vietnamese: đỏ (vi) (𣠶 )
Walloon: rodje (wa) m
Welsh: rhudd (cy) , coch (cy)
West Frisian: read (fy)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: meriɣa'
Winnebago: šuuc
Xhosa: bomvu
Yiddish: רויט ( royt )
Yoruba: pupa
Yucatec Maya: chak
Zazaki: sur (diq) , rem (diq)
Zulu: obomvu
snooker: one of the 15 red balls
derogatory: Amerind
— see also Amerind
particle physics: one of the three color charges for quarks
fish
Sciaenops ocellatus — see also red drum
See also
(reds ) red ; blood red , brick red , burgundy , cardinal , carmine , carnation , cerise , cherry , cherry red , Chinese red , cinnabar , claret , crimson , damask , fire brick , fire engine red , flame , flamingo , fuchsia , garnet , geranium , gules , hot pink , incarnadine , Indian red , magenta , maroon , misty rose , nacarat , oxblood , pillar-box red , pink , Pompeian red , poppy , raspberry , red violet , rose , rouge , ruby , ruddy , salmon , sanguine , scarlet , shocking pink , stammel , strawberry , Turkey red , Venetian red , vermilion , vinaceous , vinous , violet red , wine (Category: en:Reds )
primary colour
References
Etymology 2
From the archaic verb rede .
Verb
red
( archaic ) simple past and past participle of rede
Etymology 3
Verb
red (third-person singular simple present reds , present participle redding , simple past and past participle redded )
Alternative spelling of redd
References
Anagrams
Bislama
Etymology
From English red .
Adjective
red
red
Danish
Pronunciation
Verb
red
past of ride
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
red
inflection of redden :
first-person singular present indicative
(in case of inversion ) second-person singular present indicative
imperative
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Verb
red
singular imperative of reden
Italian
Noun
red
a type of rice
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish rét .
Noun
red m (genitive singular red , plural reddyn )
thing , object , item
Cha daink reddyn dy mie. Things didn't pan out well.
Cha nel shen deyr son y leagh t'er reddyn nish. That's not dear as things go.
Kanys ta reddyn goll er? How are things?
Son y chied red , t'eh ro vie dy ve firrinagh. For one thing, it is too good to be true.
Ta reddyn couyral. Things are getting better.
Ta reddyn ennagh ayn nagh vel niart ain orroo. There are some things we cannot help.
Ta shen red aitt. That's a curious thing.
T'eh yn un red . It amounts to the same thing.
T'eh çheet stiagh rish yn red elley. It falls in with the other thing.
She'n red hene eh y traa shoh. It's the real thing this time.
Va shen yn red cooie dy ghra. That was the appropriate thing to say.
matter
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English rǣd , from Proto-West Germanic *rād , from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz .
Pronunciation
Noun
red (plural redes )
counsel , advice , recommendation
persuasion , convincing
agreement , permission , allowance
decree , edict
decision , will , purpose
judgement , judicial decision , opinion
plan , strategy , programme , plot
event , happening , occurrence
benefit , boon , help
deliberation , discussion
wisdom
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
From Old English hrēod , from Proto-West Germanic *hreud .
Pronunciation
Noun
red (plural redes )
reed , flax ( plant )
The stalk of a reed
straw , thatching
reed pen
Descendants
References
Etymology 3
From Old English rēad , from Proto-West Germanic *raud , from Proto-Germanic *raudaz , from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós .
Pronunciation
Adjective
red (comparative redder , superlative reddest )
red , crimson , scarlet (in color)
red pigment
reddened , dyed red
blushing , red-faced
bloody , blood-stained
ruddy , rosy
red-haired
red -clothed , wearing red
( metal ) golden
( alchemy ) causing transmutation into gold
Descendants
References
Noun
red
red ( colour )
red pigment , vermillion , cinnabar
( heraldry ) red , gules ( tincture )
reddish or ruddy skin
reddish eyes or irises
red fabric
red wine
blood
Descendants
See also
Colors in Middle English · coloures , hewes (layout · text )
whit
grey , hor
blak
red ; cremesyn , gernet
citrine , aumbre ; broun , tawne
yelow , dorry , gul ; canevas
grasgrene
grene
plunket ; ewage
asure , livid
blewe , blo , pers
violet ; inde
rose , murrey ; purpel , purpur
claret
References
Northern Kurdish
Verb
red
to disappear .
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
red
simple past of ri
simple past of ride
Old English
Pronunciation
Noun
red m
Alternative form of ræd
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈrɛt/
Rhymes: -ɛt
Syllabification: red
Noun
red
genitive plural of reda
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rędъ .
Pronunciation
Noun
rȇd m (Cyrillic spelling ре̑д )
row
( mathematics ) series
konvergentan red ― convergent series
divergentan red ― divergent series
queue
order ( of magnitude )
order ( arrangement, disposition )
line ( of customers )
( chess ) rank
( religion ) order
franjevački red ― order of Saint Francis of Assisi
Declension
References
“red ” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *rędъ .
Pronunciation
Noun
rẹ̑d m inan
order (arrangement, disposition)
Inflection
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
rẹ̑d f
swath (the track cut out by a scythe in mowing)
Inflection
Further reading
“red ”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU , portal Fran
“red ”, in Termania , Amebis
See also the general references
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish red , from Latin rēte ( “ net ” ) . Cognate with English rete .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈred/
Rhymes: -ed
Syllabification: red
Noun
red f (plural redes )
( hunting , tools) web , mesh
( fishing ) net
1911 , Benito Pérez Galdós, De Cartago a Sagunto : 13 :Si se consigue pescar a Dorregaray con cuarenta mil duretes, a Cástor Andéchaga con veinticinco mil, y a otros tales, habremos hecho más que cogiendo en la red a los bicharracos de menor cuantía. (please add an English translation of this quotation)
spiderweb
Synonyms: telaraña , tela de araña
trap , snare
Synonyms: trampa , cepo
( communication , transport ) net , network
red de carreteras ― highway network
red de radiodifusoras ― radio broadcasters network
red televisiva ― TV broadcasting network
( sports ) net , goal
( electricity ) grid
fuera de la red ― off the grid
( informal , sometimes capitalized ) Web , Internet
2013 January 16, “España: al 74% le gustaría acceder por Red a su historial clínico”, in El País :La mayoría de la población (84%) accede a la red para temas relacionados con la sanidad. Most of the population (84%) accesses the web for health-related topics.
2021 January 29, Sara Rivas Moreno, quoting Paula González, “Las pymes montan la tienda en Instagram”, in El País , Madrid, →ISSN :"Nunca hemos hecho una campaña ni hemos pagado por seguidores, pero como soy prehistórica de la Red , me une una relación de contacto y amistad con muchas influencers ; de no ser así, no nos sacarían", puntualiza. (please add an English translation of this quotation)
( in the plural ) social networks
Synonym: redes sociales
Derived terms
Further reading
Swedish
Pronunciation
Verb
red
imperative of reda
past indicative of rida
Anagrams
Turkish
Pronunciation
Noun
red (definite accusative reddi , plural redler )
Alternative form of ret ( “ refusal, rejection ” )
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from English red .
Pronunciation
Noun
red (nominative plural reds )
the colour red
Declension
declension of red
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Derived terms
See also
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English redden , from Old English *ryddan .
Pronunciation
Verb
red (past participle ee-rid )
to clear , make bare
1927 , “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD , page 129 , line 11 :In durk Ich red virst mee left-vooted shoe." In the dark I happened first on my left-footed shoe."
References
Kathleen A. Browne (1927 ) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2 , Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129