red

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
3. (countable) One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
4. (countable, uncountable) Red wine.
5. (countable) Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt, giving the beer a red colour.
6. (countable, informal) A red variety of an animal, such as a red kangaroo or a red squirrel.
7. (UK, countable, informal) A redshank.
8. (countable, derogatory, offensive, uncountable) An American Indian.
9. (countable, slang, uncountable) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
10. (countable, informal, uncountable) A red light (a traffic signal)
11. (Ireland, UK, countable, informal, uncountable) Red lemonade
12. (countable, particle, uncountable) One of the three color charges for quarks.
13. (US, colloquial, uncountable) Chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red").
14. (countable, informal, uncountable) The redfish or red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales.
15. (slang, uncountable) Tomato ketchup.

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. (capitalized, often) Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:
7. (US, capitalized, often) Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:
8. (derogatory, offensive) Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations.
9. Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
10. (particle) Of a red color charge.

Intj

Used to indicate that the speaker wishes current sexual activity to stop immediately.

Verb

simple past and past participle of rede

Verb

Alternative spelling of redd.

rede

• Noun
• Verb

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Synonyms

crimson

brown

scarlet

ruddy

reddish

redness

orange

🍊

rosy

ripe

communist

purple

blood-red

ginger

be red

reddish-brown

colored

reddish brown

pink

vermilion

flushed

😳

bay

red-haired

redden

make red

ruby

ochre

loss

red-coloured

coloured

bloodstained

red-faced

yellow

violent

become red

cherry-red

uncooked

vermillion

Bolshevik

ruby-red

cerise

russet

red ink

carmine

raw

bolshy

bolshie

reddened

cherry

Marxist

become

Translations

rouge

rojo

rot

rosso

rood

vermelho

roig

vermell

kırmızı

κόκκινος

Rot

ruber

sor

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɛd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: red

Inherited from Old English: rēad

Cognate with Western Frisian: read

Cognate with Low German: root

Cognate with Dutch: rood

Cognate with German: rot

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: rød

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: raud

Cognate with Welsh: rhudd

Cognate with Latin: ruber

Cognate with Tokharian A: rtär

Cognate with Tokharian B: ratre

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ἐρυθρός

Cognate with Albanian: pruth

Cognate with Czech: rudý

Cognate with Lithuanian: raúdas

Cognate with Finnish: rauta

Cognate with Estonian: raud

Cognate with Avestan: 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬙𐬀

Cognate with Sanskrit: रुधिर

In summary

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, rood, rot, 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”).

Sentences

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The male has a black bill , whereas the female has red on the mandibles .

The gum was packaged in a red , white , and blue color scheme .

Next to a bright red couch , a gray wall will appear distinctly greenish .