blood red

noun

A dark red color.

OriginMiddle English blodred ← Old English blōdrēad ← Proto-West Germanic *blōdaraud →
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Meanings

nounblood red (plural blood reds)

plural blood reds · alternative bloodred · alternative blood-red

  1. A dark red color.
adjectiveblood red (comparative more blood red, superlative most blood red)

comparative more blood red · superlative most blood red · alternative bloodred · alternative blood-red

  1. Of a deep vivid red color.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*blōþaraudaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*blōdaraud
  3. Old Englishblōdrēad“bloodred”
  4. Middle Englishblodred
  5. Englishblood red

From Middle English blodred, blodread, Old English blōdrēad (“bloodred”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdaraud, from Proto-Germanic *blōþaraudaz, equivalent to blood + red. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bloudrood (“bloodred”), West Frisian bloedread (“bloodred”), Dutch bloedrood (“bloodred”), Low German bloodrood (“bloodred”), German blutrot (“bloodred”), Swedish blodröd (“bloodred”), Icelandic blóðrauður (“bloodred”).

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Translations

Ancient Greek αιματώδης, δαφοινός
  • αιματώδης (aimatṓdēs)of a deep vivid red colour
  • δαφοινός (daphoinós)of a deep vivid red colour
  • φοινός (phoinós)of a deep vivid red colour
Bulgarian кървавочервен
  • кървавочервен (kărvavočerven)dark red colour
Chinese Mandarin 殷紅
  • 殷紅 (yīnhóng)of a deep vivid red colour
Danish blodrød
  • blodrødof a deep vivid red colour
Dutch bloedrood, bloedrood
  • bloedrooddark red colour
  • bloedroodof a deep vivid red colour
Finnish verenpunainen, verenpunainen
  • verenpunainendark red colour
  • verenpunainenof a deep vivid red colour
French rouge sang
  • rouge sangof a deep vivid red colour
German blutrot, blutrot
  • blutrotdark red colour
  • blutrotof a deep vivid red colour
Greek κατακόκκινος
  • κατακόκκινος (katakókkinos)of a deep vivid red colour
Hungarian vérvörös, vérvörös
  • vérvörösdark red colour
  • vérvörösof a deep vivid red colour
Indonesian merah darah
  • merah darahdark red colour
Irish craorag
  • craoragof a deep vivid red colour
Italian rosso sangue, rosso sangue
  • rosso sanguedark red colour
  • rosso sangueof a deep vivid red colour
Korean 핏빛
  • 핏빛 (pitbit)dark red colour
Polish krwisty
  • krwistyof a deep vivid red colour
Portuguese sanguíneo, sanguino
  • sanguíneodark red colour
  • sanguinodark red colour
  • sanguíneoof a deep vivid red colour
  • sanguinoof a deep vivid red colour
Romanian sângeriu
  • sângeriuof a deep vivid red colour
Russian а́лый, крова́во-кра́сный
  • а́лый (ályj)dark red colour
  • крова́во-кра́сный (krovávo-krásnyj)dark red colour
  • а́лый (ályj)of a deep vivid red colour
  • крова́во-кра́сный (krovávo-krásnyj)of a deep vivid red colour
Scottish Gaelic cruan
  • cruandark red colour
Spanish rojo sangre, rojo sangre
  • rojo sangredark red colour
  • rojo sangreof a deep vivid red colour
Swedish blodröd
  • blodrödof a deep vivid red colour
Tagalog kulay-dugo
  • kulay-dugodark red colour
Turkish kan rengi, koyu kırmızı
  • kan rengidark red colour
  • koyu kırmızıdark red colour
  • kan rengiof a deep vivid red colour
  • koyu kırmızıof a deep vivid red colour
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