red

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Having the colour of blood, strawberries, or a setting sun.

   She was wearing a bright red dress.

2. 2
   noun

   The colour of blood, strawberries, or a setting sun.

   Red is often seen as a sign of danger or anger.

3. 3
   adj

   (of the face) flushed because of emotion or effort.

   My red face showed that I had run to arrive on time.

4. 4
   noun

   Red wine.

   Would you prefer a glass of red or white with dinner?

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Simplified etymology

Red comes from Old English and shares an ancient root with Latin rufus, Greek eruthros, and Sanskrit rudhira, all associated with redness. Its later figurative senses include political radicalism and Communism, while expressions such as red letter day, in the red, and red tape arose from particular uses of the color.

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…

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