Meanings
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adj
Having the colour of blood, strawberries, or a setting sun.
She was wearing a bright red dress.
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2
noun
The colour of blood, strawberries, or a setting sun.
Red is often seen as a sign of danger or anger.
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3
adj
(of the face) flushed because of emotion or effort.
My red face showed that I had run to arrive on time.
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4
noun
Red wine.
Would you prefer a glass of red or white with dinner?
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós Proto-Germanic *raudaz Proto-West Germanic *raud Old English rēad Middle English red English red Inherited from Middle English red, from Old English rēad, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ- + *-ós. Cognates See also West Frisian read, Low German root, rood, rot, rod, Dutch rood, German rot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål rød, Norwegian Nynorsk raud; also Welsh rhudd, Latin ruber, rufus, Tocharian A rtär, Tocharian B ratr…