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red
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?d, IPA(key): /??d/, [????d?]
- Homophone: read (past tense/participle)
- Rhymes: -?d
Etymology 1
From Middle English red, from Old English r?ad, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz (compare West Frisian read, Low German root, rod, Dutch rood, German rot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål rød, Norwegian Nynorsk raud), from Proto-Indo-European *h?rowd?ós, from the root *h?rewd?- (compare Welsh rhudd, Latin ruber, rufus, Tocharian A rtär, Tocharian B ratre, Ancient Greek ??????? (eruthrós), Albanian pruth (“redhead”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (rud?), Czech rudý, Lithuanian raúdas, Avestan ????????????????????????????????? (raoidita), Sanskrit ????? (rudhirá, “red, bloody”)).
Adjective
red (comparative redder or more red, superlative reddest or most red)
- Having red as its color.
- (of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
- Her hair had red highlights.
- (card games, of a card) Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare black (“of the spades or clubs suits”)
- I got two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.
- (often capitalized) Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:
- Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
- "Only Nixon could go to China" was the refrain of conventional wisdom during Richard Nixon’s 1972 official visit to Mao Tse-tung’s regime. Nixon’s anti-communist credentials, however dubious, provided useful camouflage as he opened diplomatic relations with Red China and made breathtaking concessions that an undisguised liberal couldn’t get away with. [1]
- the red-black grand coalition in Germany
- (US, 21st century) the U.S. Republican party
- a red state
- a red Congress
- Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
- (chiefly derogatory, offensive) Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations
- (astronomy) Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
- (particle physics) Having a color charge of red.
Synonyms
- (color): scarlet, crimson, vermilion, ruby-red, cherry-red, cerise, cardinal-red, carmine, wine-red, claret-red, blood-red (sanguine), coral-red, cochineal-red, rose-red (rosy, damask), brick-red, maroon, rust-red (rusty), rufous-red, gules-red, rufescent.
Antonyms
- (having red as its colour): nonred, unred
- (having red as its colour charge): antired
Derived terms
Translations
See red/translations § Adjective.
Noun
red (countable and uncountable, plural reds)
- (countable and uncountable) 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; the colour of blood, ripe strawberries, etc.
- (countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
- (countable, snooker) One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
- (countable and uncountable) Red wine.
- (countable, informal, Britain, birdwatching) A redshank.
- (derogatory, offensive) An Amerind.
- (slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
- (informal) A red light (a traffic signal)
- (Ireland, Britain, beverages, informal) red lemonade
- (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red")
- 1982, The Rotarian (volume 140, number 1, page 39)
- Houston visited a home in an early pioneer settlement where he was offered a bowl of red. Houston eagerly took his first large spoonful. His eyes watering, he spat out his bite […]
- 1982, The Rotarian (volume 140, number 1, page 39)
- (informal) The redfish or red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
- primary colour
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “red”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- red in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Further reading
- red on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From the archaic verb rede.
Verb
red
- (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of rede
Etymology 3
Verb
red (third-person singular simple present reds, present participle redding, simple past and past participle redded)
- Alternative spelling of redd
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “redd”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- red in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- DRE, Der, Der., EDR, ERD, der, erd
Bislama
Etymology
From English red.
Adjective
red
- red
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re?d/, [?æð?]
Verb
red
- past tense of ride
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?t
- IPA(key): /r?t/
Verb
red
- first-person singular present indicative of redden
- imperative of redden
Anagrams
- der
Italian
Noun
red
- A type of rice.
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish rét.
Noun
red m (genitive singular red, plural reddyn)
- thing, object, item
- matter
Middle English
Alternative forms
- redde, reed, read, ræd
Etymology
Old English r?ad, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?rowd?ós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r??d/, /re?d/
Adjective
red (comparative redder, superlative reddest)
- red, crimson, scarlet (in color)
- red pigment
- reddened, dyed red
- blushing, red-faced
- bloody, blood-stained
- ruddy, rosy
- red-haired
- red-clothed, wearing red
- (metal) golden
- (alchemy) causing transmutation into gold
Descendants
- English: red
- Scots: rede, reid
- Yola: reed
References
- “r?d, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
Noun
red
- red (colour)
- red pigment, vermillion, cinnabar
- (heraldry) red, gules (tincture)
- reddish or ruddy skin
- reddish eyes or irises
- red fabric
- red wine
- blood
Related terms
- Rede See
Descendants
- English: red
- Scots: rede, reid
- Yola: reed
References
- “r?d, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
See also
Northern Kurdish
Verb
red
- to disappear.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- rei
Verb
red
- simple past of ri
- simple past of ride
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /red/
Noun
red m
- Alternative form of ræd
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?t/
Noun
red
- genitive plural of reda
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *r?d?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rê?d/
Noun
r?d m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- row
- (mathematics) series
- queue
- order (of magnitude)
- order (arrangement, disposition)
- line (of customers)
- (chess) rank
- (religion) order
- franjeva?ki red - order of Saint Francis of Assisi
Declension
References
- “red” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *r?d?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ré?t/
Noun
r??d m inan
- order (arrangement, disposition)
Inflection
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ré?t/
Noun
r??d f
- swath (the track cut out by a scythe in mowing)
Inflection
Further reading
- “red”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish red, from Latin r?te (“net”). Cognate with English rete.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?red/, [?reð?]
- Rhymes: -ed
Noun
red f (plural redes)
- (hunting, tools) web, mesh
- (fishing) net
- 1911, Benito Pérez Galdós, De Cartago a Sagunto : 13
- 1911, Benito Pérez Galdós, De Cartago a Sagunto : 13
- (arachnid) spiderweb
- trap, snare
- (communication, transport) net, network
- (sports) net, goal
- (electricity) grid
- (informal, sometimes capitalized) Web, Internet
- (in the plural) social networks
- Synonym: redes sociales
Derived terms
Related terms
- reticular
- retina
Further reading
- “red” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re?d/
- Rhymes: -e?d
Verb
red
- imperative of reda.
- past tense of rida.
Anagrams
- der
Turkish
Etymology
Possibly from Arabic ????? (radd).
Noun
red
- refusal
- rejection
Verb
red (with the auxiliary verb etmek)
- To refuse.
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from English red.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /red/
Noun
red (nominative plural reds)
- the colour red
Declension
Derived terms
- redik
See also
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luminescent
English
Etymology
From stem of Latin lumen (“light”) +? -escent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lu?m??n?s(?)nt/
- Hyphenation: lumin?es?cent
- Rhymes: -?s?nt
Adjective
luminescent (comparative more luminescent, superlative most luminescent)
- Emitting light by luminescence.
Derived terms
Related terms
- luminesce
- luminescence
- phosphorescent
See also
- fluorescent
- iridescent
Translations
Catalan
Adjective
luminescent (masculine and feminine plural luminescents)
- luminescent
Derived terms
- bioluminescent
Related terms
- luminescència
Further reading
- “luminescent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “luminescent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “luminescent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “luminescent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Adjective
luminescent (feminine singular luminescente, masculine plural luminescents, feminine plural luminescentes)
- luminescent
Derived terms
- bioluminescent
Related terms
- luminescence
Further reading
- “luminescent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French luminescent
Adjective
luminescent m or n (feminine singular luminescent?, masculine plural luminescen?i, feminine and neuter plural luminescente)
- luminescent
Declension
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