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red

n.
A1 Beginner Oxford US //ˈɹɛd// UK //ɹˈɛd// red Archaic General-service Informal Slang Vulgar

n. the color of blood, cherries, or a stop sign. It is often linked with strong feelings like love, passion, and anger.

n. the color at the long-wavelength end of the visible light spectrum, next to orange.


SIMPLE

Red is my favorite color for a car.

CONTEXTUAL

In many cultures, the color red symbolizes good fortune and is popular during celebrations and holidays.

COMPLEX

The painter's masterful use of red transformed the canvas, evoking a sense of urgent passion that simpler palettes could not convey.

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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, 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 ratre, Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Albanian pruth (“redhead”), Russian ру́дый (rúdyj) ("red", "redhaired"). Czech rudý, Lithuanian raúdas, Finnish rauta, Estonian raud, Serbo-Croatian riđ ("reddish", "red"), Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬙𐬀 (raoidita), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá, “red, bloody”).

Etymology 2

From the archaic verb rede.

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