name · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɹɛdn̩/
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rhymes with -ɛdən
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To become red or redder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
1997, Ted Hughes, Tales from Ovid, Faber & Faber, "Phaethon," lines 227-9, p. 32, When the sun-god saw that, and the reddening sky And the waning moon seeming to thaw He called the Hours to yoke the horses.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To make red or redder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blush, crimson, flush
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discolor, discolour, colour, color
6
verb
Meaning 6
turn red or redder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The sky reddened
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discolor, discolour, colour, color
Narrower terms: blush
7
verb
Meaning 7
make red
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The setting sun reddened the sky
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1rewdh- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *h1rowdhós Proto-Germanic *raudaz Proto-West Germanic *raud Old English rēad Middle English red English red English -en English redden From red + -en.
Across languages
Translations
86 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
skuq
— to become red
Amharic:
ቀላ
(ḳäla)
— to become red
Arabic:
اِحْمَرَّ
(iḥmarra)
— to become red
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܣܲܡܸܩ
(sāmiq)
— to become red
Armenian:
կարմրել
(karmrel)
— to become red
Armenian:
կարմրանալ
(karmranal)
— to become red
Aromanian:
arushescu
— to become red
Assamese:
ৰঙা হোৱা
(roṅa hüa)
— to become red
Bulgarian:
почервенявам
(počervenjavam)
— to become red
Bulgarian:
изчервявам се
(izčervjavam se)
— to become red
Catalan:
envermellir-se
— to become red
Czech:
červenat
— to become red
Czech:
rudnout
— to become red
Czech:
rdít
— to become red
Dutch:
rood worden
— to become red
Esperanto:
ruĝiĝi
— to become red
Finnish:
punertua
— to become red
Finnish:
punehtua
— to become red
Finnish:
punastua
— to become red
French:
rougir
— to become red
German:
erröten
— to become red
Greek:
κοκκινίζω
(kokkinízo)
— to become red
Ancient Greek:
ἐρυθραίνω
(eruthraínō)
— to become red
Hebrew:
אָדַם
(adám)
— to become red
Hebrew:
הֶאֱדִים
(he'dím)
— to become red
Hungarian:
vörösödik
— to become red
Hungarian:
pirosodik
— to become red
Ido:
redeskar
— to become red
Indonesian:
memerah
— to become red
Ingrian:
punettua
— to become red
Ingrian:
punettia
— to become red
Karakhanid:
قِزَرْماقْ
(qïzarmāq)
— to become red
Korean:
붉어지다
(bulgeojida)
— to become red
Latin:
rubeo
— to become red
Latin:
rutilō
— to become red
Māori:
whero
— to become red
Marshallese:
kabūrōrō
— to become red
Polish:
czerwienieć
— to become red
Polish:
poczerwienieć
— to become red
Polish:
sczerwienieć
— to become red
Polish:
czerwienić się
— to become red
Portuguese:
avermelhar
— to become red
Portuguese:
vermelhar
— to become red
Romanian:
roși
— to become red
Russian:
красне́ть
(krasnétʹ)
— to become red
Russian:
покрасне́ть
(pokrasnétʹ)
— to become red
Spanish:
enrojecer
— to become red
Swedish:
rodna
— to become red
Telugu:
ఎర్రబడు
(errabaḍu)
— to become red
Turkish:
kızarmak
— to become red
Ottoman Turkish:
قیزارمق
(qïzarmaq)
— to become red
Ukrainian:
червоні́ти
(červoníty)
— to become red
Ukrainian:
почервоні́ти
(počervoníty)
— to become red
Uzbek:
qizarmoq
— to become red
Albanian:
skuq
— to make red
Arabic:
حَمَّرَ
(ḥammara)
— to make red
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܣܵܡܹܩ
(sameq)
— to make red
Armenian:
կարմրացնել
(karmracʻnel)
— to make red
Assamese:
ৰঙোৱা
(roṅüa)
— to make red
Bulgarian:
боядисвам червено
(bojadisvam červeno)
— to make red
Catalan:
envermellir
— to make red
Dutch:
rood maken
— to make red
Esperanto:
ruĝigi
— to make red
Finnish:
punata
— to make red
Finnish:
punastuttaa
— to make red
French:
faire rougir
— to make red
German:
röten
— to make red
Ancient Greek:
ἐρυθραίνω
(eruthraínō)
— to make red
Hungarian:
vörösít
— to make red
Hungarian:
pirosít
— to make red
Latin:
rubefaciō
— to make red
Māori:
pāhanahana
— to make red
Māori:
whakawaikura
— to make red
Marshallese:
būrōrōk
— to make red
Old English:
rēodan
— to make red
Old Norse:
rjóða
— to make red
Polish:
czerwienić
— to make red
Polish:
poczerwienić
— to make red
Portuguese:
avermelhar
— to make red
Portuguese:
vermelhar
— to make red
Romanian:
roși
— to make red
Russian:
красни́ть
(krasnítʹ)
— to make red
Spanish:
enrojecer
— to make red
Ukrainian:
червони́ти
(červonýty)
— to make red
Ukrainian:
почервони́ти
(počervonýty)
— to make red