Phrase guide

blood red

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of a deep vivid red color.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A dark red color.

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History

Etymology

From Middle English blodred, blodread, Old English blōdrēad (“bloodred”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdaraud, from Proto-Germanic *blōþaraudaz, equivalent to blood + red. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bloudrood (“bloodred”), West Frisian bloedread (“bloodred”), Dutch bloedrood (“bloodred”), Low German bloodrood (“bloodred”), German blutrot (“bloodred”), Swedish blodröd (“bloodred”), Icelandic blóðrauður (“bloodred”).

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 殷紅 (yīnhóng) — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Cornish: kogh — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Danish: blodrød — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Dutch: bloedrood — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Finnish: verenpunainen — of a deep vivid red colour
  • French: rouge sang — of a deep vivid red colour
  • German: blutrot — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Greek: κατακόκκινος (katakókkinos) — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Ancient Greek: αιματώδης (aimatṓdēs) — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Ancient Greek: δαφοινός (daphoinós) — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Ancient Greek: φοινός (phoinós) — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Greenlandic: aappalaarpoq — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Hungarian: vérvörös — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Irish: craorag — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Italian: rosso sangue — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Luxembourgish: bluttrout — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Polish: krwisty — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Portuguese: sanguíneo — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Portuguese: sanguino — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Romanian: sângeriu — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Russian: а́лый (ályj) — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Russian: крова́во-кра́сный (krovávo-krásnyj) — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Spanish: rojo sangre — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Swedish: blodröd — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Telugu: రక్తవర్ణం (raktavarṇaṁ) — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Turkish: kan rengi — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Turkish: koyu kırmızı — of a deep vivid red colour
  • Bulgarian: кървавочервен (kǎrvavočerven) — dark red colour
  • Dutch: bloedrood — dark red colour
  • Finnish: verenpunainen — dark red colour
  • German: blutrot — dark red colour
  • Hungarian: vérvörös — dark red colour
  • Indonesian: merah darah — dark red colour
  • Italian: rosso sangue — dark red colour
  • Korean: 핏빛 (pitbit) — dark red colour
  • Portuguese: sanguíneo — dark red colour
  • Portuguese: sanguino — dark red colour
  • Russian: а́лый (ályj) — dark red colour
  • Russian: крова́во-кра́сный (krovávo-krásnyj) — dark red colour
  • Scottish Gaelic: cruan — dark red colour
  • Spanish: rojo sangre — dark red colour
  • Tagalog: kulay-dugo — dark red colour
  • Turkish: kan rengi — dark red colour
  • Turkish: koyu kırmızı — dark red colour
  • Uyghur: قان رەڭ (qan reng) — dark red colour