English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rɛd/
• SAMPA: /rEd/

Homophones

• read (past tense and past participle)

Noun

red

1. Any of a range of colours having the longest wavelengths, 670 nm, of the visible spectrum; a primary additive colour for transmitted light: the colour obtained by subtracting green and blue from white light using magenta and yellow filters.
2. A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.

Translations

colour

socialist, communist

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbering is unreliable.

• Bosnian: crvena f (1), Crveni m pl (2)

Adjective

red (comparative redder, superlative reddest)

1. Having red as its colour.
2. Leftwing, socialist or Communist (Red China, the People's Republic of China; red scare, an instance of paranoia about Communism; 'red menace', (formerly) the real or supposed threat from the Soviet Union; reds under the bed, the supposed presence of Communist or Soviet-sympathizing spies or fellow-travellers; red-baiting, persecution of suspected Communists; red Clydeside, (formerly) a popular name for the Clydeside region of Scotland, whose population had strong socialist sympathies; red Ken, pet-name for Ken Livingstone, socialist mayor of London; red Vienna, popular name for 1920s Vienna, which had a socialist city government; red-green coalition, term used in Europe to refer to a coalition between a socialist or social democratic party and a Green party).
3. (In the modern United States) Supportive of the Republican Party (red states, states which voted for the Republican presidential candidate).

Translations

• Bosnian: crven m, crvena f, crveno n
• Catalan: vermell m, vermella f, (ca) ; roig m, roja f (ca)
• Chickasaw: homa
• Chinese, traditional 紅
• Chinese, simplified 红 (hóng)
• French: rouge m and f
• German: rot (de)
• Hebrew: אָדֹם m, אָדֹמהָ f
• Interlingua: rubie , rubre , rubide (dark)
• Irish: dearg, rua (of hair)
• Italian: rosso m, rossa f
• Japanese: 赤い (あかい, akai)
• Romanica: rosso m, rossa f; rubio m, rubia f; rubro m, rubra f; rubido m, rubida f
• Slovene: rdeč m, rdeča f, rdeče n
• Spanish: rojo m, roja f
• Swedish: röd
• Wunese Soochownese (Rúnüt Suodsy-réro): róng

Derived terms

• in the red
• redcoat
• redcurrant
• reddish
• redeye

See also

• crimson
• scarlet
• vermilion
• Wiktionary list of colours
• Wikipedia article on the colour red

Dutch

red

First-person singular present tense of redden.

1. save

   Ik red het kind -I save the child

2. be all right , be OK

   Ik red het wel - I'll be OK

Spanish

red f

1. net, network
2. Web, Internet, Net

Swedish

Verb

red

1. Imperative of reda