Phrase guide

red admiral

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of species Vanessa atalanta of bright red and black butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Vanessa atalanta

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: адмирал (admiral) — butterfly
  • Catalan: atalanta — butterfly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 優紅蛺蝶 /优红蛱蝶 (yōuhóng jiádié) — butterfly
  • Czech: babočka admirál — butterfly
  • Danish: admiral — butterfly
  • Dutch: atalanta — butterfly
  • Dutch: admiraalvlinder — butterfly
  • Faroese: admirálur — butterfly
  • Finnish: amiraali — butterfly
  • Finnish: amiraaliperhonen — butterfly
  • French: vulcain — butterfly
  • West-Frisian: nûmerflinter — butterfly
  • German: Admiral — butterfly
  • Irish: aimiréal dearg — butterfly
  • Japanese: アタランタアカタテハ (atarantaakatateha) — butterfly
  • Manx: ard-marragh jiarg — butterfly
  • Norman: êcarlate — butterfly
  • Norwegian Bokmål: admiral — butterfly
  • Norwegian Bokmål: admiralsommerfugl — butterfly
  • Polish: rusałka admirał — butterfly
  • Portuguese: almirante — butterfly
  • Romanian: amiral — butterfly
  • Russian: адмира́л (admirál) — butterfly
  • Slovak: babôčka admirál — butterfly
  • Slovene: admiral — butterfly
  • Turkish: vanessa atalanta — butterfly
  • Ukrainian: сонцевик адмірал (soncevyk admiral) — butterfly
  • Welsh: mantell goch — butterfly