Red

From open-dictionary.com - the free dictionary.

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.1.1 Translations to be checked 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Derived terms 1.5 See also 2 Dutch 3 Spanish 4 Swedish 4.1 Verb

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 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.

red colour:

Translations

colour

Afrikaans: Rooi Albanian: kuq Breton: ruz Bulgarian: червен m Catalan: vermell m, roig m Chickasaw: homa Chinese: 紅色/红色 (hongse) Czech: červený Danish: rød Dutch: rood Esperanto: ruĝa Estonian: punane Finnish: punainen French: rouge m Frisian: read German: Rot Greek, Ancient: [[]] (erythros) Greek, Modern: κόκκινος (kokkinos) Guaraní: pytã Hungarian: piros Icelandic: rauður Indonesian: merah Interlingua: rubio, rubro, rubido (dark) Irish: dearg, rua (dark) Italian: rosso m

Japanese: 赤 (あか, aka) Javanese: abang, abrit Khmer: ក្រហម Latin: ruber m, rubra f, rubrum n Norwegian: rød Polish: czerwony Portuguese: vermelho m, vermelha f Romanian: roşu Russian: красный Serbian: crvena Slovak: červená Romanica: rubio, m rubro, m rubido m Slovene: rdeča f Spanish: rojo Swedish: röd Tagalog: pula Tupinambá: pirang, pitang Turkish: kırmızı Vietnamese: mầu đỏ Welsh: rhudd Wunese Soochownese (Rúnüt Suodsy-réro): rón,róngneser

socialist, communist

Catalan: roig m, roja f

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)
• 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

ro:Red pt:red