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reddish

adj · name · 5 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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  • /ˈɹɛdɪʃ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛdɪʃ
  • CMU ARPABET: R EH1 D IH0 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Somewhat red.

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 suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8993).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

An unincorporated community in Richwood Township, Jersey County, Illinois, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: red, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English redisch; equivalent to red + -ish.

Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: rooierig — resembling the colour red
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܣܡܩܵܢܵܐ (masmqānā) — resembling the colour red
  • Armenian: կարմրավուն (karmravun) — resembling the colour red
  • Asturian: arroxáu — resembling the colour red
  • Asturian: robrizu — resembling the colour red
  • Azerbaijani: qırmızımtıl — resembling the colour red
  • Catalan: rogenc — resembling the colour red
  • Catalan: vermellós — resembling the colour red
  • Czech: červenavý — resembling the colour red
  • Dutch: roodachtig — resembling the colour red
  • Finnish: punertava — resembling the colour red
  • French: rougeâtre — resembling the colour red
  • Galician: avermellado — resembling the colour red
  • Georgian: მოწითალო (moc̣italo) — resembling the colour red
  • German: rötlich — resembling the colour red
  • Greek: κοκκινωπός (kokkinopós) — resembling the colour red
  • Greenlandic: aappaluppoq — resembling the colour red
  • Hebrew: אֲדַמְדַּם — resembling the colour red
  • Hungarian: pirosas — resembling the colour red
  • Icelandic: rauðleitur — resembling the colour red
  • Ido: redatra — resembling the colour red
  • Italian: rossastro — resembling the colour red
  • Kalmyk: улавтр (ulavtr) — resembling the colour red
  • Latin: rubellus — resembling the colour red
  • Latin: rufulus — resembling the colour red
  • Latvian: iesarkans — resembling the colour red
  • Latvian: sarkanīgs — resembling the colour red
  • Macedonian: црве́никав (crvénikav) — resembling the colour red
  • Māori: mākurakura — resembling the colour red
  • Māori: mawera — resembling the colour red
  • Māori: kuratea — resembling the colour red
  • Marathi: लालसर (lālsar) — resembling the colour red
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rødaktig — resembling the colour red
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rødlig — resembling the colour red
  • Plautdietsch: rodlich — resembling the colour red
  • Polish: czerwonawy — resembling the colour red
  • Portuguese: avermelhado — resembling the colour red
  • Romanian: roșcat — resembling the colour red
  • Russian: краснова́тый (krasnovátyj) — resembling the colour red
  • Shor: қызылдырым — resembling the colour red
  • Shor: қызылзыбан — resembling the colour red
  • Spanish: rojizo — resembling the colour red
  • Spanish: rubescente — resembling the colour red
  • Swedish: rödaktig — resembling the colour red
  • Turkish: kırmızımsı — resembling the colour red
  • Turkish: kırmızımtırak — resembling the colour red
  • Turkish: kızılca — resembling the colour red
  • Unami: màxkikte — resembling the colour red
  • Zazaki: surani — resembling the colour red
  • Afrikaans: rooierig — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Armenian: կարմրավուն (karmravun) — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Bulgarian: червеникав (červenikav) — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Catalan: rogenc — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Catalan: vermellós — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Finnish: punertava — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • French: rougeâtre — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Galician: avermellado — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Galician: rubio — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • German: rötlich — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Greek: υπέρυθρος (ypérythros) — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Greenlandic: aappalajappoq — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Greenlandic: aappaluarpoq — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Hebrew: אֲדַמְדַּם — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Irish: scothdhearg — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Italian: rossiccio — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Central Kurdish: سوور ھەڵگەڕاو (sûr hellgerraw) — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Latin: surrūfus — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Macedonian: црве́никав (crvénikav) — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Māori: kuratea — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Māori: pūwhewhero — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Māori: pūwhero — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rødaktig — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rødlig — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Portuguese: avermelhado — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Romanian: roșcat — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Russian: краснова́тый (krasnovátyj) — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Spanish: rojizo — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Spanish: rubescente — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Swedish: rödaktig — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Turkish: kırmızımsı — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Turkish: kırmızımtırak — quite red; red to a certain extent
  • Turkish: kızılca — quite red; red to a certain extent
Real reading context

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