English Explanatory Dictionary

rudd

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any species of the freshwater game fishes of genus Scardinius.
  2. common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
name
  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
  2. A minor city in Floyd County, Iowa, United States.

Pronunciation

/ɹʌd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-rudd.wav

Word forms

rudd rudds

Etymology

Akin to rud, ruddy, ruddock. Via Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (whence also red) cognate with German Rotfeder, Irish ruán, Slovene rdečeperka. Compare typologically Bulgarian червеноперка (červenoperka) (<+ червен (červen)), Macedonian црвеноперка (crvenoperka) (<+ црвен (crven)), Russian краснопёрка (krasnopjórka) (<+ красный (krasnyj)); Turkish kızılkanat (kızıl + kanat).

Derived words

Rudkin

Translations

Albanian: lloskë Hungarian: kele Turkish: kızılkanat
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