red

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/ɹɛd/

adjective · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Having the color of blood or ripe strawberries.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.

Examples

  • Colours like red convey a sense of energy and strength.

  • I never saw a red fridge.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɹed/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.

noun

Extra meanings

  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. Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt, giving the beer a red colour.

More examples

In context

  • You ran a red light.

  • Red can be seen as hot or angry.

  • He was wearing a red jacket.

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Origin

adjective

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, from *h₁rewdʰ- + *-ós. 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 (ra...