English
red
see also: Red, RED
Pronunciation
  • enPR: rĕd, IPA: /ɹɛd/, [ɻʷɛˑd̥]
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-.

See also Western 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, Albanian pruth, Russian ру́дый (rúdyj) ("red", "redhaired"). Czech rudý, Lithuanian raúdas, Finnish rauta, Estonian raud, Serbo-Croatian riđ ("reddish", "red"), Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬙𐬀, Sanskrit रुधिर.

Adjective

red (comparative redder, superlative reddest)

  1. Of a red hue.
    The girl wore a red skirt.
  2. (of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
    Her hair had red highlights.
  3. (of the skin) With a red hue due to embarrassment or sunburn.
  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")
    I got two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.
  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. [https://web.archive.org/web/20061114093022/http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/1998/vo14no16/vo14no16_dragon.htm]
      the red-black grand coalition in Germany
    2. (US politics) The U.S. Republican Party. [21st c.]
      a red state
      a red Congress
  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 Antonyms Translations

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Noun

red

  1. (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 can be seen as hot or angry.
  2. (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
  3. (countable, snooker) One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
  4. (countable and 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.
    Hyponyms: Flanders red, Irish red
  6. (countable, informal, AU) A red kangaroo.
  7. (countable, informal, UK, birdwatching) A redshank.
  8. (derogatory, offensive) An American Indian.
    Synonyms: redskin
  9. (slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
    Synonyms: redbird, red devil
  10. (informal) A red light a traffic signal
  11. (Ireland, UK, beverages, informal) Red lemonade
  12. (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
  13. (US, colloquial, uncountable) Chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red").
  14. (informal) The redfish or red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales.
  15. (slang, uncountable) Tomato ketchup.
Translations Translations Translations Etymology 2

From the archaic verb rede.

Verb
  1. (archaic) Simple past tense and past participle of rede
Verb

red (reds, present participle redding; simple past and past participle redded)

  1. Alternative spelling of redd
Red
Noun

red (plural reds)

  1. A Communist.
  2. A supporter of a sports team who wears red as part of their kit.
Proper noun
  1. A nickname given to someone who has or had red hair.
Adjective
  1. Communist.
    the Red Army
RED
Noun

red (uncountable)

  1. Acronym of reverse electrodialysis


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