reddish

See also: Reddish

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛdɪʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛdɪʃ

Adjective

reddish (comparative more reddish, superlative most reddish)

1. Somewhat red.
   • 1943 March and April, “G.W.R. Rolling Stock Colours”, in Railway Magazine, page 106:

     "Chocolate and cream," the standard colours of G.W.R. rolling stock for 21 years, are now being replaced by an all-over utility coating of reddish-brown. This is the third time that a uniform brown has been adopted as the standard livery of G.W.R. carriages.

   • 1948 September and October, W. S. Darby, “The Gold Coast Railway—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 287:

     Although the track is ballasted, it does not prevent clouds of reddish dust from the laterite soil blowing about when the train is in motion; after a journey with the windows open a bath is a necessity!

Synonyms

• reddy
• ruddy

Coordinate terms

• pinkish

Derived terms

• reddish-brown
• reddish egret
• reddish-green
• reddishness

Translations

resembling the colour red

• Afrikaans: rooierig
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• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: կարմրավուն (hy) (karmravun)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܣܡܩܵܢܵܐ (masmqānā)
• Asturian: arroxáu, robrizu
• Catalan: rogenc (ca), vermellós (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: červenavý
• Dutch: roodachtig (nl)
• Finnish: punertava (fi)
• French: rougeâtre (fr)
• Galician: avermellado
• Georgian: მოწითალო (moc̣italo)
• German: rötlich (de)
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Greenlandic: aappaluppoq
• Hebrew: אֲדַמְדַּם
• Hungarian: pirosas (hu)
• Icelandic: rauðleitur
• Ido: redatra (io)
• Italian: rossastro (it)
• Kalmyk: улавтр (ulavtr)
• Latin: rubellus
• Latvian: iesarkans, sarkanīgs
• Macedonian: црве́никав (crvénikav)
• Maori: mākurakura, mawera, kuratea
• Marathi: लालसर (lālsar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rødaktig, rødlig

• Plautdietsch: rodlich
• Polish: czerwonawy (pl)
• Portuguese: avermelhado (pt)
• Romanian: roșcat (ro)
• Russian: краснова́тый (ru) (krasnovátyj)
• Shor: қызылдырым, қызылзыбан
• Spanish: rojizo (es), rubescente
• Swedish: rödaktig (sv)
• Turkish: kırmızımsı (tr), kırmızımtırak (tr), kızılca (tr)
• Zazaki: surani f

quite red; red to a certain extent

• Afrikaans: rooierig
• Armenian: կարմրավուն (hy) (karmravun)
• Bulgarian: червеникав (bg) (červenikav)
• Catalan: rogenc (ca), vermellós (ca)
• Finnish: punertava (fi)
• French: rougeâtre (fr)
• Galician: avermellado, rubio (gl)
• German: rötlich (de)
• Greek: υπέρυθρος (el) (ypérythros)
• Greenlandic: aappalajappoq, aappaluarpoq
• Hebrew: אֲדַמְדַּם
• Irish: scothdhearg
• Italian: rossiccio (it)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سوور ھەڵگەڕاو (sûr hellgerraw)

• Latin: surrūfus
• Macedonian: црве́никав (crvénikav)
• Maori: kuratea, pūwhewhero, pūwhero
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rødaktig, rødlig

• Portuguese: avermelhado (pt)
• Romanian: roșcat (ro)
• Russian: краснова́тый (ru) (krasnovátyj)
• Spanish: rojizo (es), rubescente
• Swedish: rödaktig (sv)
• Turkish: kırmızımsı (tr), kırmızımtırak (tr), kızılca (tr)