Phrase guide

red carpet

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A strip of red carpet that is laid for a VIP to walk on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

VIP treatment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, figuratively

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noun

Meaning 3

a strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk on

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: rug, carpet, carpeting

History

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Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَجَّادَة حَمْرَاء (sajjāda ḥamrāʔ) — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Armenian: կարմիր գորգ (karmir gorg) — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Basque: alfonbra gorri — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Belarusian: чырво́ная даро́жка (čyrvónaja daróžka) — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Bengali: লাল গালিচা (lal galica) — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Bulgarian: черве́н кили́м (červén kilím) — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅毯 /红毯 (hóngtǎn) — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Czech: červený koberec — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Danish: røde løber — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Dutch: rode loper — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Estonian: punane vaip — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Finnish: punainen matto — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • French: tapis rouge — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • German: Roter Teppich — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Greek: κόκκινο χαλί (kókkino chalí) — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Hebrew: שָׁטִיחַ אָדֹם (shatíakh adóm) — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Hindi: लाल कालीन (lāl kālīn) — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Hungarian: vörös szőnyeg — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Italian: tappeto rosso — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Italian: red carpet — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Japanese: レッドカーペット (reddo kāpetto) — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Korean: 레드카펫 (redeukapet) — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Macedonian: црвен тепих (crven tepih) — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Mongolian: улаан хивс (ulaan xivs) — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rød løper — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Norwegian Bokmål: den røde løperen — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Iranian Persian: فَرْشِ قِرْمِز (farš-e ġermez) — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Polish: czerwony dywan — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Portuguese: tapete vermelho — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Romanian: covor roșu — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Russian: кра́сная доро́жка (krásnaja doróžka) — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Serbo-Croatian: црвени тепих — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Serbo-Croatian: crveni tepih — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Slovak: červený koberec — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Slovene: rdeča preproga — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Spanish: alfombra roja — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Swedish: röda mattan — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Turkish: kırmızı halı — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Ukrainian: черво́на дорі́жка (červóna dorížka) — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Vietnamese: thảm đỏ — a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貴賓待遇 /贵宾待遇 (guìbīn dàiyù) — VIP treatment
  • Dutch: rode loper — VIP treatment
  • Finnish: punainen matto — VIP treatment
  • French: tapis rouge — VIP treatment
  • Portuguese: tapete vermelho — VIP treatment