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red line

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The thick red line on the ice which divides the rink in half.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A boundary or limit which should not be crossed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a line that is colored red and that bisects an ice hockey rink

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: line

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: vijë e kuqe — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Albanian: linjë e kuqe — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Arabic: خَطّ أَحْمَر (ḵaṭṭ ʔaḥmar) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Armenian: կարմիր գիծ (karmir gic) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Azerbaijani: qırmızı xətt — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Belarusian: чырво́ная лі́нія (čyrvónaja línija) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Bulgarian: черве́на ли́ния (červéna línija) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Catalan: línia vermella — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Chinese Cantonese: 紅線 /红线 — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅線 /红线 (hóngxiàn) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Czech: červená čára — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Danish: rød linje — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Dutch: rode lijn — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Estonian: punane joon — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Finnish: punainen viiva — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • French: ligne rouge — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Georgian: წითელი ხაზი (c̣iteli xazi) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • German: rote Linie — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Hebrew: קו אדום — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Hebrew: קַו אָדֹם (kav 'adóm) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Hindi: लाल रेखा (lāl rekhā) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Hungarian: piros vonal — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Italian: linea rossa — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Japanese: レッドライン — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Japanese: 赤線 (akasen) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Japanese: 赤い線 (akai sen) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Kazakh: қызыл сызық (qyzyl syzyq) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Korean: 레드라인 (redeurain) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Northern Kurdish: xeta sor — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Kyrgyz: кызыл сызык (kızıl sızık) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Latvian: sarkanā līnija — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Lithuanian: raudona linija — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Macedonian: црвена линија (crvena linija) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rød linje — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Dari: خَطِّ قِرْمِز (xatt-i qirmiz) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Iranian Persian: خَطِّ قِرْمِز (xatt-e ġermez) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Polish: czerwona linia — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Portuguese: linha vermelha — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Romanian: linie roșie — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Russian: кра́сная ли́ния (krásnaja línija) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Russian: кра́сная черта́ (krásnaja čertá) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Serbo-Croatian: црвена црта — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Serbo-Croatian: црвена линија — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Serbo-Croatian: crvena crta — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Serbo-Croatian: crvena linija — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Slovak: červená čiara — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Slovene: rdeča črta — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Spanish: línea roja — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Swedish: röd linje — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Tajik: хати сурх (xat-i surx) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Turkish: kırmızı cizgi — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Ukrainian: черво́на лі́нія (červóna línija) — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Uzbek: qizil chiziq — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Vietnamese: lằn ranh đỏ — a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
  • Arabic: خَطّ أَحْمَر (ḵaṭṭ ʔaḥmar) — a line dividing ice rink in half
  • Czech: červená čára — a line dividing ice rink in half
  • German: rote Linie — a line dividing ice rink in half
  • Polish: czerwona linia — a line dividing ice rink in half