red
See also: -red, red-, Red, RED, and rěd
English
Various shades of red
A Celtic woman with red hair.
A Uyghur girl in China who has red hair.
A glass of red wine
A red salmon
Pronunciation
- enPR: rĕd, IPA(key): /ɹɛd/, [ɻʷɛˑd̥]
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: read (past tense/participle)
- Rhymes: -ɛd
Etymology 1
From Middle English red, from Old English rēad, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.
Cognates
See also West Frisian read, Low German root, rod, Dutch rood, German rot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål rød, Norwegian Nynorsk raud; also Welsh rhudd, Latin ruber, rufus, Tocharian A rtär, Tocharian B ratre, Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Albanian pruth (“redhead”), Russian ру́дый (rúdyj) ("red", "redhaired"). Czech rudý, Lithuanian raúdas, Serbo-Croatian riđ ("reddish", "red"), Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬙𐬀 (raoidita), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá, “red, bloody”).
Adjective
red (comparative redder or more red, superlative reddest or most red)
- Having red as its color.
- The girl wore a red skirt.
- c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iv]:
- Your colour, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
- 1954 July 29, J.R.R. Tolkien, “I: A Long-Expected Party”, in The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings; 1), →ISBN:
- The flowers glowed red and golden: snapdragons and sunflowers, and nasturtians trailing all over the turf walls and peeping in at the round windows.
- (of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
- Her hair had red highlights.
- (of the skin) With a red hue due to embarrassment or sunburn.
- 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 23:
- [T]he sun was shining on a happy crowd. It shone on white hats and red faces. It shone on ice lollies and melted them.
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- (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.
- (politics, 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.
- the red-black grand coalition in Germany
- (US politics) The U.S. Republican Party. [21st c.]
- 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
- 1994, Soundgarden, Spoonman
- All my friends are Indians / All my friends are brown and red
- 1994, Soundgarden, Spoonman
- (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
- ash-red
- better dead than red
- bleed red ink
- brick-red
- go red
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Old Red Sandstone
- ragged red fibers
- red admiral
- red alert
- red alga
- red ant
- Red Army
- red as a beetroot
- redback
- red-backed shrike
- red-baiting
- Red Bay (place name)
- red bay (tree)
- red-bellied black snake
- red biddy
- redbird
- red blood cell
- red-blooded
- Red Bluff
- red-brick, redbrick
- Red Brigades
- redbud
- redbug
- red cabbage
- red card
- red carpet
- Redcastle
- red cedar
- red cell
- red cent
- red chamber
- Red China
- red circle rate
- Red Cloud
- red clover
- red Clydeside
- redcoat
- red coral
- red corpuscle
- Red Crescent
- Red Cross
- red currant
- red day
- redden
- red-diaper baby
- red diaper baby
- red diesel
- reddish
- red drum
- red earth
- red ensign
- red envelope
- Red Eye
- red-eye, redeye
- red-faced
- red fescue
- red fire
- redfish
- red flag, Red Flag
- red fox
- red giant
- red goods
- red-green coalition
- Red Guard
- red gum
- red-handed
- red hat
- redhead
- redheaded
- red heat
- red herring
- Red Hill
- redhorse
- red-hot
- red-hot poker
- red ink
- red kangaroo
- Red Ken
- Red Lake County
- Red Lake Falls
- red lead
- red leaf
- red leg
- red-legged grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum)
- Red Leicester
- red-letter day
- red light
- red-light district
- Red List
- Red Lodge
- red maple (Acer rubrum)
- red marrow
- red mass
- red meat
- red menace
- red mercury
- red mist
- red mite
- red mulberry
- red mullet
- red oak
- Red Oak (place name)
- red ocher
- red osier
- red packet
- red panda
- red-pencil
- red pepper
- red pine
- red planet
- red-point
- Red Poll
- redpoll (Acanthis spp.)
- red puccoon (Sanguinaria canadensis)
- red rag
- red rattle
- red ribbon
- Red Rock
- redroot
- red route
- Red Scar
- red scare
- Red Sea
- red setter
- redshank
- red shank
- red shift
- red-shouldered hawk
- red siskin
- red snapper
- red snow
- red spider
- Red Spot
- red spruce
- Red Square
- red squill (Drimia maritima)
- red squirrel
- Red Star
- red state
- red steenbras
- reds under the bed
- red tape
- red tide
- red-top
- redtop
- red valerian
- Red Vienna
- red water
- Red Wharf Bay
- red whortleberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)
- Red Willow County
- Red Willow Creek
- redwing
- Red Wing
- red-winged blackbird
- red wolf
- redwood
- red worm (Lumbricina spp.)
- river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis)
- western red cedar (Thuja plicata)
- wormred
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.
- red:
- Red can be seen as hot or angry.
- (countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
- Coordinate term: pinko
- (countable, snooker) One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
- (countable and uncountable) Red wine.
- 1977 September, Billy Joel (lyrics and music), “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant”, in The Stranger:
- A bottle of red, a bottle of white / It all depends upon your appetite / I'll meet you any time you want / in our Italian restaurant.
- 2005, Jeffrey P. Landry, Temptation Mango:
- He produced a wine key from his jacket pocket and effortlessly removed the cork from the bottle of red.
- 2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, ISSN 1054-4836, page 135:
- 59 sneak in some red Smuggle a bottle of wine, two glasses, and a corkscrew into a long matinee. Red wine is rich in life-extending antioxidants, and the caper will add zest even to a bad movie.
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- (countable) Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt, giving the beer a red colour.
- Hyponyms: Flanders red, Irish red
- 2012 June 5, Howard Stelzer, Beer Cocktails: 50 Superbly Crafted Cocktails that Liven Up Your Lagers and Ales, Harvard Common Press, →ISBN:
- American reds and doppelbocks are heavy lagers as well. It really comes down to how the beer was made. Beyond that, brewers are immensely creative and have developed styles of both ale and lager that run a wide range of attributes.
- 2016 April 1, Lonely Planet; Helena Smith; Andy Symington; Donna Wheeler, Lonely Planet Belgium & Luxembourg, Lonely Planet, →ISBN:
- No other country has a brewing tradition as richly diverse as that of Belgium, with beers ranging from pleasant pale lagers to wild, winelike Flemish reds and lambics.
- (countable, informal, Australia) A red kangaroo.
- (countable, informal, UK, birdwatching) A redshank.
- (derogatory, offensive) An American Indian.
- (slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
- Synonyms: redbird, red devil
- 1970, “Truckin'”, in American Beauty, performed by Grateful Dead:
- What in the world ever became of sweet Jane? / She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same / Livin' on reds, vitamin C, and cocaine
- 1971, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Harper Perennial, published 2005, page 202:
- The big market, these days, is in Downers. Reds and smack—Seconal and heroin—and a hellbroth of bad domestic grass sprayed with everything from arsenic to horse tranquillizers.
- 1998, Jeffery Deaver, The Coffin Dancer, New York, NY: Pocket Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 285:
- “Whatchu got, man?” / “Reds, bennies, dexies, yellow jackets, demmies.” / “Yeah, demmies're good shit, man. I pay you. Fuck. I got money. I'm hurting inside. Got beat up. Where my money?”
- (informal) A red light (a traffic signal)
- 1974, Tom Waits (lyrics and music), “(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night”, in The Heart of Saturday Night:
- Stopping on the red, you're going on the green / Cause tonight will be like nothing you've ever seen / And you're barreling down the boulevard / You're looking for the heart of Saturday night
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- (Ireland, UK, 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.
- 2013 November, Catch Cormier, “Sightcasting for redfish”, in Louisiana Sportsman:
- The species Sciaenops ocellatus certainly isn’t lacking for nicknames. […] Clear water also favors sightcasting. Against the dark background of marsh mud, a red will appear like a pumpkin — big, orange and round.
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- (slang, uncountable) Tomato ketchup.
- 2016, Jon Bounds, Danny Smith, Pier Review: A Road Trip in Search of the Great British Seaside
- I squeeze some red out over my chips and feel guilty. Nothing is as English as Heinz ketchup in the sauce game, except perhaps HP.
- 2016, Jon Bounds, Danny Smith, Pier Review: A Road Trip in Search of the Great British Seaside
Derived terms
Terms derived from red (noun)
- antired
- beet red
- blood red
- brick red
- cherry red
- Chinese red
- chrome red
- Congo red
- fire engine red
- flowerpot red
- Indian red
- in the red
- Panama Red
- Paris red
- phenol red
- Pompeian red
- postbox red
- sand red
- see red
- Turkey red
- Tuscan red
- Venetian red
- wine red
- wormred
Translations
colour
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socialist, communist
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snooker: one of the 15 red balls
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red wine — See also translations at red wine
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informal: redshank
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derogatory: Amerind — See also translations at Amerind
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slang: secobarbital — See also translations at secobarbital
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red light — See also translations at red light
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red lemonade — See also translations at red lemonade
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particle physics: one of the three color charges for quarks
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colloquial: chili con carne — See also translations at chili con carne
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fish Sciaenops ocellatus — See also translations at red drum
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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
| white | gray, grey | black |
| red; crimson | orange; brown | yellow; cream |
| lime, lime green | green | mint |
| cyan; teal | azure, sky blue | blue |
| violet; indigo | magenta; purple | pink |
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “red”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- red in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- red at OneLook Dictionary Search
Further reading
red on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From the archaic verb rede.
Verb
red
- (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of rede
Verb
red (third-person singular simple present reds, present participle redding, simple past and past participle redded)
- Alternative spelling of redd
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “redd”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- red in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- DRE, Der, Der., EDR, ERD, RDE, der, erd
Bislama
Etymology
From English red.
Adjective
red
- red
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reːd/, [ʁæðˀ]
Verb
red
- past tense of ride
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɛt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: red
- Rhymes: -ɛt
- Homophones: redt, Reth
Verb
red
- first-person singular present indicative of redden
- imperative of redden
Anagrams
- der
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁeːt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːt
Verb
red
- singular imperative of reden
Italian
Noun
red
- a type of rice
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish rét.
Noun
red m (genitive singular red, plural reddyn)
- thing, object, item
- Cha daink reddyn dy mie.
- Things didn't pan out well.
- Cha nel shen deyr son y leagh t'er reddyn nish.
- That's not dear as things go.
- Kanys ta reddyn goll er?
- How are things?
- Son y chied red, t'eh ro vie dy ve firrinagh.
- For one thing, it is too good to be true.
- Ta reddyn couyral.
- Things are getting better.
- Ta reddyn ennagh ayn nagh vel niart ain orroo.
- There are some things we cannot help.
- Ta shen red aitt.
- That's a curious thing.
- T'eh yn un red.
- It amounts to the same thing.
- T'eh çheet stiagh rish yn red elley.
- It falls in with the other thing.
- She'n red hene eh y traa shoh.
- It's the real thing this time.
- Va shen yn red cooie dy ghra.
- That was the appropriate thing to say.
- matter
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English rǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *rād, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz.
Alternative forms
- ræd, rede, reed
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɛːd/, /reːd/
Noun
red (plural redes)
- counsel, advice, recommendation
- persuasion, convincing
- agreement, permission, allowance
- decree, edict
- decision, will, purpose
- judgement, judicial decision, opinion
- plan, strategy, programme, plot
- event, happening, occurrence
- benefit, boon, help
- deliberation, discussion
- wisdom
Related terms
- hird
Descendants
- English: rede
- Scots: rede
References
- “rēd, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
Etymology 2
From Old English hrēod, from Proto-West Germanic *hreud.
Alternative forms
- red, reed, reede, reod, reede, rode, rued
Pronunciation
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /røːd/
- IPA(key): /reːd/
Noun
red (plural redes)
- reed, flax (plant)
- The stalk of a reed
- straw, thatching
- reed pen
Descendants
- English: reed
- Scots: reed
References
- “rēd, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
Etymology 3
From Old English rēad, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós.
Alternative forms
- redde, reed, read, ræd
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɛːd/, /reːd/
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
- “rēd, 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
See also
| whit | grey, hor | blak |
| red; cremesyn, gernet | citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne | yelow, dorry; canevas |
| grasgrene | grene | |
| plunket; ewage | asure, livid | blewe, blo, pers |
| violet; inde | rose, murrey; purpel, purpur | claret |
References
- “rēd, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
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): /rɛt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛt
- Syllabification: red
Noun
red
- genitive plural of reda
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *rędъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rêːd/
Noun
rȇd m (Cyrillic spelling ре̑д)
- row
- (mathematics) series
- konvergentan red ― convergent series
- divergentan red ― divergent series
- queue
- order (of magnitude)
- order (arrangement, disposition)
- line (of customers)
- (chess) rank
- (religion) order
- franjevački red ― order of Saint Francis of Assisi
Declension
Declension of red
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rȇd | rȅdovi |
| genitive | rȇda | rȅdōvā |
| dative | rȇdu | rȅdovima |
| accusative | rȇd | rȅdove |
| vocative | rȇde | rȅdovi |
| locative | rȇdu | rȅdovima |
| instrumental | rȇdom | rȅdovima |
References
- “red” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *rędъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /réːt/
Noun
rẹ̑d m inan
- order (arrangement, disposition)
Inflection
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv- | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | réd | ||
| gen. sing. | réda | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | réd | redôva | redôvi |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | réda | redôv | redôv |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | rédu | redôvoma | redôvom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | réd | redôva | redôve |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | rédu | redôvih | redôvih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | rédom | redôvoma | redôvi |
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | réd | ||
| gen. sing. | réda | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | réd | réda | rédi |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | réda | rédov | rédov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | rédu | rédoma | rédom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | réd | réda | réde |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | rédu | rédih | rédih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | rédom | rédoma | rédi |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /réːt/
Noun
rẹ̑d f
- swath (the track cut out by a scythe in mowing)
Inflection
| Feminine, i-stem, mobile accent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | réd | ||
| gen. sing. | redí | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | réd | redí | redí |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | redí | redí | redí |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | rédi | redéma | redém |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | réd | redí | redí |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | rédi | redéh | redéh |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | redjó | redéma | redmí |
Further reading
- “red”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
FWOTD – 8 May 2013
Etymology
From Old Spanish red, from Latin rēte (“net”). Cognate with English rete.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈred/ [ˈreð̞]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -ed
- Syllabification: red
Noun
red f (plural redes)
- (hunting, tools) web, mesh
- (fishing) net
- 1911, Benito Pérez Galdós, De Cartago a Sagunto : 13
- Si se consigue pescar a Dorregaray con cuarenta mil duretes, a Cástor Andéchaga con veinticinco mil, y a otros tales, habremos hecho más que cogiendo en la red a los bicharracos de menor cuantía.
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- 1911, Benito Pérez Galdós, De Cartago a Sagunto : 13
- spiderweb
- trap, snare
- (communication, transport) net, network
- red de carreteras ― highway network
- red de radiodifusoras ― radio broadcasters network
- red televisiva ― TV broadcasting network
- (sports) net, goal
- (electricity) grid
- fuera de la red ― off the grid
- (informal, sometimes capitalized) Web, Internet
- 2013 January 16, “España: al 74% le gustaría acceder por Red a su historial clínico”, in El País:
- La mayoría de la población (84%) accede a la red para temas relacionados con la sanidad.
- Most of the population (84%) accesses the web for health-related topics.
- 2021 January 29, Sara Rivas Moreno, quoting Paula González, “Las pymes montan la tienda en Instagram”, in El País, Madrid, ISSN 1134-6582:
- "Nunca hemos hecho una campaña ni hemos pagado por seguidores, pero como soy prehistórica de la Red, me une una relación de contacto y amistad con muchas influencers; de no ser así, no nos sacarían", puntualiza.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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- (in the plural) social networks
- Synonym: redes sociales
Derived terms
- enredar
- enredo
- redada
- red de pesca
- redecilla
- redil
- red social
- red trófica
- romperedes
Related terms
- reticular
- retina
Further reading
- “red”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reːd/
- Rhymes: -eːd
Verb
red
- imperative of reda.
- past tense of rida.
Anagrams
- der
Turkish
Noun
red (definite accusative reddi, plural redler)
- Alternative form of ret (“refusal, rejection”)
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from English red.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /red/
Noun
red (nominative plural reds)
- the colour red
Declension
declension of red
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | red | reds |
| genitive | reda | redas |
| dative | rede | redes |
| accusative | redi | redis |
| vocative 1 | o red! | o reds! |
| predicative 2 | redu | redus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Derived terms
- redik
See also
| viet | ged | bläg |
| red | rojan; braun | yelov |
| grün | ||
| blöv | ||
| violät | purpur | redül |
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English redden, from Old English hreddan, from Proto-West Germanic *hraddjan.
Verb
red (past participle ee-rid)
- to rid
- 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 11:
- In durk Ich red virst mee left-vooted shoe."
- In the dark I happened first on my left-footed shoe."
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References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129