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Meaning of red | Babel Free

Adjective masculine CEFR A2 Common
ɹɛd

Definitions

  1. Of a red hue.
  2. Communist.
  3. red (colour)
  4. red (hair color).
    not-comparable
  5. Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
  6. in the red, operating at a loss or being in debt (opposed to in theblack).
    in the
  7. Having a redder hue than usual due to embarrassment, anger, sunburn, etc.; flushed.
  8. var. of re- before a vowel or h in some words: redintegrate.
    h
  9. a 1000 colón bill
  10. Having a brown color.
  11. a suffix, denoting condition, formerly used in the formation of nouns: hatred; kindred.
  12. Red; a left-winger, especially communist
  13. Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare black (“of the spades or clubs suits”)
  14. a communist
  15. Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:
    capitalized, often
  16. Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
    capitalized, often
  17. the army of the former USSR. Rooi Leër الجَيْش الأحْمر Червената армия exército vermelho Rudá armáda die Rote Armee Den røde Hær ο Κόκκινος Στρατός (της πρώην ΕΣΣΔ) Ejército Rojo punaarmee وابسته به حزب کمونیست؛ ارتش سرخ puna-armeija l'armée rouge הָצָבָא הָאָדוֹם लाल सेना Crvena Armija Tentara Merah rauði herinn l'Armata rossa 赤軍 붉은 군대 Raudonoji armija Sarkanā armija askar USSR het Rode Leger Den røde hær Armia Czerwona انقلابى سوسياليست،انقلابى انارشست exército vermelho Armata Roşie Красная...
  18. The U.S. Republican Party.
    US, capitalized, often
  19. slightly red. reddish hair. rooierig مائِل إلى الحُمْرَه червеникав avermelhado narudlý rötlich rødlig κοκκινωπόςrojizo punakas متمایل به قرمز؛ نسبتا قرمز punertava rougeâtreאדמדם कुछ रक्तवर्ण crvenokos vöröses kemerah-merahan rauðleitur rossiccio, rossastro 赤っぽい 붉은색을 띤 rausvas sarkanīgs kemerah-merahan rossig rødlig, rødaktig czerwonawy سور رنګ ته ورته avermelhado roşiatic красноватый; рыжеватый červenkastý rdečkast crvenkast rödaktig, rödlätt ค่อนข้างแดง kırmızımtrak 微紅的 червонуватий سرخی م...
  20. Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations.
    derogatory, offensive
  21. rooiheid حُمْرَه червенина vermelhidão červeň, rusost die Röte rødhed κοκκινάδα, κοκκινίλα rojez, color rojo puna قرمزی نسبی punaisuus rougeur; rousseur אֲדמוּמִיוּת लाली, लालिमा crvenilo, rumenilo vörösség warna kemerahan roði rossore 赤さ 붉음 raudonumas sarkanums; sārtums kemerahan roodheidrødhetczerwień سوربخن vermelhidão roşeaţă краснота červenosť; ryšavosť rdečina crvenilo rödhet, rodnad รอยแดง kırmızılık 紅色 почервоніння سرخی có màu đỏ 红色
  22. Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
  23. a type of garden bush grown for its small red fruit. rooiaalbessie كِشْمِش أحْمَر френско грозде groselha červený rybíz die Rote Johannisbeere ribsbusk είδος θάμνου grosella punane sõstar نوعی گیاه بوته ای با میوه های قرمز رنگ punaherukka groseille דוּמדֶמָנִית लाल रंग की झाड़ी grm ribiz ribizli buni merah rifsber ribes rosso 赤すぐり 적건포도 raudonieji serbentai sarkanā jāņoga buah kismis merah rode besripsczerwona porzeczka یو دول ګیاه دی groselha coacăză красная смородина (červené) ríbezle (rdeči...
  24. Of a red color charge.
    particle
  25. a person with red hair. rooikop ذو شَعْرٍ أحْمَر червенокос човек ruivo zrzek, zrzka der Rotschopf rødhåret person κοκκινομάλλης, κοκκινομάλλα pelirrojo punapea مو قرمز punapää roux, rousseג'ינג'י लाल बालों वाला crvenokos vörös(hajú) berambut merah rauðhærður maður rosso, 赤毛の人 머리털이 붉은 사람 rusvaplaukis, rudis sarkanmatis berambut merah roodharigerødhåret personrudzielec سوره ویښتانو ruivo roş­cat; roşcovan рыжеволосый человек ryšavec, -ka rdečelasec crvenokosa rödhårig [person], rödtopp คนที่มี...
  26. (of metal etc) so hot that it is glowing red. red-hot steel; This iron is red-hot. witwarm مُتَوَهِّج الحَرارَه нажежен до червено em brasa rozžhavený rotglühend rødglødende πυρωμένοςcandente tulikuum تفته؛ بسیار داغ punahehkuinen chauffé au rouge לוֹהֵט अत्यधिक गरम užaren vörösen izzó sangat panas rauðglóandi rovente, infuocato 赤熱の 시뻘겋게 단 įkaitęs iki raudonumo nokaitēts [] merah menyala roodgloeiendrødglødende rozgrzany do czerwoności تفته em brasa înroşit în foc раскалённый докрасна rozžera...
    etc

Equivalents

Bosanski red
Deutsch rot
Français RED rouge roux
Hrvatski red
Italiano rosso
日本語 あか 赤い
한국어 좌익
Kurdî red red
Nederlands rood ros
Português comuna rubro ruivo vermelho
Русский красный рыжий
Српски red

Examples

“The girl wore a red skirt.”
“He was wearing a red jacket.”
“Your colour, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.”
“The flowers glowed red and golden: snapdragons and sunflowers, and nasturtians trailing all over the turf walls and peeping in at the round windows.”
“Her hair had red highlights.”
“[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.”
“I got two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.”
“"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. https://web.archive.org/web/20061114093022/http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/1998/vo14no16/vo14no16_dragon.htm”
“the red-black grand coalition in Germany”
“a red state”
“a red Congress”
“All my friends are Indians / All my friends are brown and red”
“the Red Army”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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