Standard Lemma guide

redden

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹɛdn̩/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛdən
  • CMU ARPABET: R EH1 D AH0 N 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

Narrower terms: madder, encrimson, vermilion, carmine, rubify, ruddle

History

Etymology

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
  • Unami: màxkënëmën — to make red