Meaning

18 senses
  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.

    Red can be seen as hot or angry.

    Rot

    кра́сныйkrásnyj

    червонийčervonyj

  2. (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

  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.

Examples

2603 sentences
  1. I bought a red sports car.

    Я купив червону спортивну машину. — deniko

    ruЯ купил красную спортивную машину. — Selena777

    deIch habe einen roten Sportwagen gekauft. — MUIRIEL

  2. I have a new red car.

    У мене є нова червона машина. — deniko

    ruУ меня есть новая красная машина. — Disconnect

    deIch habe einen neuen roten Wagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I prefer red wine to white.

    Червоне вино мені подобається більше, ніж біле. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ предпочитаю красное вино белому. — Inego

    deIch bevorzuge Rotwein gegenüber Weißwein. — BraveSentry

  4. The traffic light changed to red.

    Сигнал світлофора змінився на червоний. — deniko

    ruСигнал светофора сменился на красный. — Hellerick

    deDie Verkehrsampel wurde rot. — Manfredo

  5. The traffic lights were all red.

    Всі світлофори були червоними. — sakhnik

    deDie Ampeln waren alle rot. — ayu

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
colour:
Русский
By meaning 1
colour:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
colour:
socialist, communist:

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: reds
Singularred
Pluralreds

regular

Synonyms

19 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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 words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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