English Explanatory Dictionary

red

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
  2. A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
  3. One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
  4. Red wine.
  5. Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt, giving the beer a red colour.
  6. A red variety of an animal, such as a red kangaroo or a red squirrel.
  7. A redshank.
  8. An American Indian.
  9. The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
  10. A red light (a traffic signal)
  11. Red lemonade
  12. One of the three color charges for quarks.
adj
  1. Of a red hue.
  2. Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
  3. Having a redder hue than usual due to embarrassment, anger, sunburn, etc.; flushed.
  4. Having a brown color.
  5. Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare black (“of the spades or clubs suits”)
  6. Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:
  7. Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
  8. The U.S. Republican Party.
  9. Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations.
  10. Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
  11. Of a red color charge.
intj
  1. Used to indicate that the speaker wishes current sexual activity to stop immediately.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of rede
verb
  1. Alternative spelling of redd.
noun
  1. A Communist.
  2. A supporter of a sports team who wears red as part of their kit.
name
  1. A nickname given to someone who has or had red hair.
adj
  1. Communist.
  2. Related to socialist or leftist politics.
  3. Native American.
noun
  1. Acronym of reverse electrodialysis.
adj
  1. red (hair color).

Pronunciation

rĕd /ɹɛd/ [ɻʷɛˑd̥] En-uk-red.ogg en-us-red.ogg /ɹed/ En-Red.ogg

Word forms

red reds redder reddest redding redded

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós Proto-Germanic *raudaz Proto-West Germanic *raud Old English rēad Middle English red English red Inherited from Middle English red, from Old English rēad, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós. Cognates See also West Frisian read, Low German root, rood, rot, rod, Dutch rood, German rot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål rød, Norwegian Nynorsk raud, Swedish röd, Faroese reyður, Icelandic rauður; 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”).

Synonyms

carmine cinnabar claret crimson rosé scarlet vermilion redskin redbird red devil ruby-red cherry-red cerise cardinal-red wine-red claret-red blood-red coral-red cochineal-red rose-red brick-red maroon rust-red rufous-red gules-red rufescent red-skinned

Antonyms

nonred unred antired

Related words

reddish orange yellow green blue violet white primary colour PRO

Derived words

antired beet red blood red brick red cherry red Chinese red chrome red cinchona red cinchonic red Congo red fire engine red flowerpot red Indian red in the red Panama Red Paris red phenol red Pompeian red postbox red Red Red Head Red Range sand red strawberry red traditional dry red Turkey red Tuscan red Venetian red wine red wormred Adrianople red alizarin red anti-red apple red arctic red jellyfish 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 clap one's hands red code red code red drill Cuban red macaw

Translations

Catalan: vi negre Cebuano: bino tinto Cebuano: tinto Czech: červené Finnish: punainen Galician: viño tinto Hungarian: vörösbor Korean: 적포도주 Korean: 레드 와인 Portuguese: vinho tinto Spanish: tinto Uyghur: قىزىل ھاراق Zazaki: surani Abkhaz: аҟаԥшь Acehnese: mirah Afrikaans: rooi Akan: kɔkɔɔ Aklanon: mapuea Albanian: kuq Southern Altai: кызыл Alviri-Vidari: قیرمیز Amharic: ቀይ Guerrero Amuzgo: be Andi: гьири Western Apache: łichíí Arabic: أَحْمَر Arabic: حَمْرَاء Arabic: حُمْر Arabic: أحمر Arabic: حمرا Arabic: حُمُر Aragonese: royo Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܡܘܿܩܵܐ Aramaic: סוּמַּק Armenian: կարմիր Aromanian: arosh Eastern Arrernte: thetheke Asháninka: kityonkari Assamese: ৰঙা Assamese: ৰঙা ৰং Asturian: bermeyu Asturian: colloráu Asturian: encarnáu Avar: багӏараб Aymara: chupika Azerbaijani: qırmızı Balinese: barak Baluchi: سہر Banjarese: habang Bashkir: ҡыҙыл Basque: gorri Belarusian: чырво́ны Bengali: লাল Bengali: আলহামরা Bengali: লোহিত Bhojpuri: लाल Big Nambas: im'iel Bislama: red Breton: ru Breton: ruz Buginese: ma-cəllaʔ Bulgarian: черве́н Burmese: နီ Buryat: улаан
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