red

red

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English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rĕd, IPA(key): /ɹɛd/, [ɻʷɛˑd̥]
  • Homophone: read (past tense/participle)
  • Rhymes: -ɛd

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-.

Adjective

red (comparative redder or more red, superlative reddest or most red)

  1. Of a red hue.
  2. (of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
  3. (of the skin) Having a redder hue than usual due to embarrassment, anger, sunburn, etc.; flushed.
  4. (of a dog or its coat) Having a brown color.
  5. (card games, of a card) Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare black (“of the spades or clubs suits”)
  6. (politics, often capitalized) Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:
    1. 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. [1]
    2. (US politics) The U.S. Republican Party. [21st c.]
  7. (chiefly derogatory, offensive) Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations
  8. (astronomy) Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
  9. (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
Translations

Noun

red (countable and uncountable, plural reds)

  1. (countable and 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.
  3. (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
  4. (countable, snooker) One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
  5. (countable and uncountable) Red wine.
  6. (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
  7. (countable, informal, Australia) A red kangaroo.
  8. (countable, informal, UK, birdwatching) A redshank.
  9. (derogatory, offensive) An American Indian.
    Synonym: redskin
  10. (slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
    Synonyms: redbird, red devil
  11. (informal) A red light (a traffic signal)
  12. (Ireland, UK, beverages, informal) Red lemonade
  13. (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
  14. (US, colloquial, uncountable) Chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red").
  15. (informal) The redfish or red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales.
  16. (slang, uncountable) Tomato ketchup.
Derived terms
Translations

See also

  • primary colour

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “red”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • “red”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “red”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Etymology 2

From the archaic verb rede.

Verb

red

  1. (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)

  1. Alternative spelling of redd

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “redd”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • “red”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • DRE, Der, Der., EDR, ERD, RDE, der, erd

Bislama

Etymology

From English red.

Adjective

red

  1. red

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reːd/, [ʁæðˀ]

Verb

red

  1. past of ride

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛt/
  • Hyphenation: red
  • Rhymes: -ɛt
  • Homophones: redt, Reth

Verb

red

  1. inflection of redden:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

  • der

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁeːt/
  • Rhymes: -eːt

Verb

red

  1. singular imperative of reden

Italian

Noun

red

  1. a type of rice

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish rét.

Noun

red m (genitive singular red, plural reddyn)

  1. thing, object, item
  2. matter

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English rǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *rād, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz.

Alternative forms

  • ræd, rede, reed

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛːd/, /reːd/

Noun

red (plural redes)

  1. counsel, advice, recommendation
  2. persuasion, convincing
  3. agreement, permission, allowance
  4. decree, edict
  5. decision, will, purpose
  6. judgement, judicial decision, opinion
  7. plan, strategy, programme, plot
  8. event, happening, occurrence
  9. benefit, boon, help
  10. deliberation, discussion
  11. wisdom
Related terms
  • hird
Descendants
  • English: rede
  • Scots: rede
References
  • “rēd, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Etymology 2

From Old English hrēod, from Proto-West Germanic *hreud.

Alternative forms

  • red, reed, reede, reod, reede, rode, rued

Pronunciation

  • (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /røːd/
  • IPA(key): /reːd/

Noun

red (plural redes)

  1. reed, flax (plant)
  2. The stalk of a reed
  3. straw, thatching
  4. reed pen
Descendants
  • English: reed
  • Scots: reed
References
  • “rēd, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Etymology 3

From Old English rēad, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós.

Alternative forms

  • redde, reed, read, ræd

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛːd/, /reːd/

Adjective

red (comparative redder, superlative reddest)

  1. red, crimson, scarlet (in color)
  2. red pigment
  3. reddened, dyed red
  4. blushing, red-faced
  5. bloody, blood-stained
  6. ruddy, rosy
  7. red-haired
  8. red-clothed, wearing red
  9. (metal) golden
  10. (alchemy) causing transmutation into gold
Descendants
  • English: red
  • Scots: rede, reid
  • Yola: reed
References
  • “rēd, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Noun

red

  1. red (colour)
  2. red pigment, vermillion, cinnabar
  3. (heraldry) red, gules (tincture)
  4. reddish or ruddy skin
  5. reddish eyes or irises
  6. red fabric
  7. red wine
  8. blood
Related terms
  • Rede See
Descendants
  • English: red
  • Scots: rede, reid
  • Yola: reed
See also
References
  • “rēd, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛd

Verb

red

  1. to disappear.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • rei

Verb

red

  1. simple past of ri
  2. simple past of ride

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /red/

Noun

red m

  1. Alternative form of ræd

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt
  • Syllabification: red

Noun

red

  1. genitive plural of reda

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rędъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rêːd/

Noun

rȇd m (Cyrillic spelling ре̑д)

  1. row
  2. (mathematics) series
    konvergentan red ― convergent series
    divergentan red ― divergent series
  3. queue
  4. order (of magnitude)
  5. order (arrangement, disposition)
  6. line (of customers)
  7. (chess) rank
  8. (religion) order
    franjevački red ― order of Saint Francis of Assisi

Declension

References

  • “red”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *rędъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /réːt/

Noun

rẹ̑d m inan

  1. order (arrangement, disposition)
Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /réːt/

Noun

rẹ̑d f

  1. swath (the track cut out by a scythe in mowing)
Declension

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/ [ˈreð̞]
  • Rhymes: -ed
  • Syllabification: red

Noun

red f (plural redes)

  1. (hunting, tools) web, mesh
  2. (fishing) net
  3. spiderweb
    Synonyms: telaraña, tela de araña
  4. trap, snare
    Synonyms: trampa, cepo
  5. (communication, transport) net, network
    red de carreteras ― highway network
    red de radiodifusoras ― radio broadcasters network
    red televisiva ― TV broadcasting network
  6. (sports) net, goal
  7. (electricity) grid
    fuera de la red ― off the grid
  8. (informal, sometimes capitalized) Web, Internet
  9. (in the plural) social networks
    Synonym: redes sociales

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “red”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reːd/
  • Rhymes: -eːd

Verb

red

  1. imperative of reda
  2. past indicative of rida

Anagrams

  • der

Turkish

Pronunciation

Noun

red (definite accusative reddi, plural redler)

  1. Alternative form of ret (“refusal, rejection”)

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English red.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /red/

Noun

red (nominative plural reds)

  1. the colour red

Declension

Derived terms

  • redik

See also

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English redden, from Old English hreddan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛd/

Verb

red

  1. to save

References

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[6], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129

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