red
The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberriesThe 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.
» I bought a red sports car.
Ich habe einen roten Sportwagen gekauft.
Я купил красную спортивную машину.
Я купила красную спортивную машину.
Я купил красный спорткар.
Я купив червону спортивну машину.
Meaning
18 senses(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.
Red can be seen as hot or angry.
Rot
кра́сныйkrásnyj
червонийčervonyj
(countable)A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
Rote, Roter
кра́сныйkrásnyj
(countable)One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
(countable, uncountable)Red wine.
(countable)Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt, giving the beer a red colour.
(countable, informal)A red variety of an animal, such as a red kangaroo or a red squirrel.
(UK, countable, informal)A redshank.
(countable, derogatory, offensive, uncountable)An American Indian.
(countable, slang, uncountable)The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
(countable, informal, uncountable)A red light (a traffic signal)
(Ireland, UK, countable, informal, uncountable)Red lemonade
(countable, particle, uncountable)One of the three color charges for quarks.
Examples
2603 sentencesI bought a red sports car.
Я купив червону спортивну машину.
ruЯ купил красную спортивную машину.
deIch habe einen roten Sportwagen gekauft.
I have a new red car.
У мене є нова червона машина.
ruУ меня есть новая красная машина.
deIch habe einen neuen roten Wagen.
I prefer red wine to white.
Червоне вино мені подобається більше, ніж біле.
ruЯ предпочитаю красное вино белому.
deIch bevorzuge Rotwein gegenüber Weißwein.
The traffic light changed to red.
Сигнал світлофора змінився на червоний.
ruСигнал светофора сменился на красный.
deDie Verkehrsampel wurde rot.
The traffic lights were all red.
Всі світлофори були червоними.
deDie Ampeln waren alle rot.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English red, from Old English rēad, from Proto-West Germanic *raud,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.
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Forms
plural: redsSynonyms
19 synonyms- red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood:redness
- a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana:Red River of the SouthRed River
- emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries:BolshevikMarxistbolshiebolshy
- the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue:lossred ink
Word family
19 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Clothes and colours — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- red wine
- wearing a red
- of red wine
- drink red wine
- red dress
- red light
- prefer red wine
- like red wine
- bottle of red
- a red light
- red tie
- a red car