Standard Lemma guide

redhead

name · noun · 14 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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  • /ˈɹɛdˌhɛd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛdhɛd
  • CMU ARPABET: R EH1 D HH EH2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

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

2

name

Meaning 2

A coastal suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.

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

noun

Meaning 3

A person with red hair.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ginger, coppertop, bloodnut, Bluey

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A kind of milkweed (Asclepia curassavica), with red flowers, formerly used in medicine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A kind of 800-watt lamp.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: broadcasting, entertainment, film, lifestyle, media, television, theater

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: redheaded woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: woodpecker, peckerwood, pecker

13

noun

Meaning 13

North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Aythya americana

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: duck

14

noun

Meaning 14

someone who has red hair

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: redheader, red-header, carrottop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

History

Etymology

Bahuvrihi compound of red + head.

Across languages

Translations

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: rooikop — red-haired person
  • Basque: kaskagorri — red-haired person
  • Basque: ilegorri — red-haired person
  • Catalan: pèl-roig — red-haired person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅髮 /红发 (hóngfā) — red-haired person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅髮的人 /红发的人 (hóngfā de rén) — red-haired person
  • Czech: zrzek — red-haired person
  • Czech: zrzka — red-haired person
  • Dutch: roodharige — red-haired person
  • Dutch: rooie — red-haired person
  • Esperanto: rufulo — red-haired person
  • Esperanto: ruĝharulo — red-haired person
  • Finnish: punapää — red-haired person
  • Finnish: punatukka — red-haired person
  • French: roux — red-haired person
  • French: rousse — red-haired person
  • German: Rotkopf — red-haired person
  • German: Rotschopf — red-haired person
  • German: Rothaariger — red-haired person
  • German: Rothaarige — red-haired person
  • Greek: κοκκινομάλλης (kokkinomállis) — red-haired person
  • Greek: κοκκινομάλλα (kokkinomálla) — red-haired person
  • Hebrew: ג׳ינג׳י (jinji) — red-haired person
  • Hebrew: ג׳ינג׳ית — red-haired person
  • Hebrew: אדמוני (admoni) — red-haired person
  • Hebrew: אדמונית — red-haired person
  • Hungarian: vöröshajú — red-haired person
  • Hungarian: vörös — red-haired person
  • Irish: rua — red-haired person
  • Irish: fear rua — red-haired person
  • Irish: bean rua — red-haired person
  • Italian: testarossa — red-haired person
  • Italian: pel di carota — red-haired person
  • Japanese: 赤毛 (akage) — red-haired person
  • Latin: rūfus — red-haired person
  • Latvian: rudmatis — red-haired person
  • Latvian: rudmate — red-haired person
  • Manx: ben ruy — red-haired person
  • Manx: fer ruy — red-haired person
  • Manx: kione jiarg — red-haired person
  • Norman: rousseau — red-haired person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rødtopp — red-haired person
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: raudtopp — red-haired person
  • Portuguese: ruivo — red-haired person
  • Portuguese: ruiva — red-haired person
  • Russian: ры́жий (rýžij) — red-haired person
  • Russian: ры́жая (rýžaja) — red-haired person
  • Russian: рыжеволо́сый (ryževolósyj) — red-haired person
  • Russian: рыжеволо́сая (ryževolósaja) — red-haired person
  • Scottish Gaelic: ruadh — red-haired person
  • Scottish Gaelic: fear ruadh — red-haired person
  • Scottish Gaelic: bean ruadh — red-haired person
  • Sicilian: pilu russu — red-haired person
  • Sicilian: pilu-russu — red-haired person
  • Slovak: ryšavec — red-haired person
  • Slovak: ryšiak — red-haired person
  • Spanish: pelirrojo — red-haired person
  • Spanish: pelirroja — red-haired person
  • Spanish: colorín — red-haired person
  • Spanish: colorina — red-haired person
  • Spanish: choco — red-haired person
  • Vietnamese: người tóc đỏ — red-haired person
  • Walloon: rosse — red-haired person
  • Walloon: rossea — red-haired person
  • Walloon: rossete — red-haired person
  • Welsh: cochen — red-haired person
  • Welsh: cochyn — red-haired person
  • Dutch: Amerikaanse tafeleend — Aythya americana
  • Finnish: amerikanpunasotka — Aythya americana
  • French: fuligule à tête rouge — Aythya americana
  • German: Rotkopfente — Aythya americana
  • Navajo: naalʼeełí bitsiiʼ halchíiʼii — Aythya americana
  • Finnish: punasilkkiyrtti — milkweed Asclepias curassavica
  • Finnish: ruskopääsirkku — Emberiza bruniceps
  • Finnish: kalmokorppikotka — Sarcogyps calvus
  • Finnish: punapäätikka — Melanerpes erythrocephalus
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