Meanings
plural red carpets
- A strip of red carpet that is laid for a VIP to walk on.
This time, the actor was in uncomfortably touchy-feely form. First he sidled up behind Scarlett Johansson as she posed on the red carpet, kissed her, and slid his hand around her waist.
2015 February 23, “Oscars 2015: 10 things we learned”, in The Guardian (London)1 more example
I've been gunged on children's TV, hung out with some actors off that soap Dad used to watch, done a photoshoot for a major highstreet fashion outlet and now here we are on the red carpet, outside the cinema in Leicester Square […]
2012, Simon Packham, The Bex Factor
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivespecial treatment or hospitality
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic سَجَّادَة حَمْرَاء
- سَجَّادَة حَمْرَاء (sajjāda ḥamrāʔ)a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Basque alfonbra gorri
- alfonbra gorria strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Bengali লাল গালিচা
- লাল গালিচা (lal galica)a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Bulgarian черве́н кили́м
- черве́н кили́м (červén kilím)a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Chinese Mandarin 紅毯 /红毯, 貴賓待遇 /贵宾待遇
- 紅毯 /红毯 (hóngtǎn)a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
- 貴賓待遇 /贵宾待遇 (guìbīn dàiyù)VIP treatment
Czech červený koberec
- červený kobereca strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Danish røde løber
- røde løbera strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Dutch rode loper, rode loper
- rode lopera strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
- rode loperVIP treatment
Estonian punane vaip
- punane vaipa strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Finnish punainen matto, punainen matto
- punainen mattoa strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
- punainen mattoVIP treatment
French tapis rouge, tapis rouge
- tapis rougea strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
- tapis rougeVIP treatment
German Roter Teppich
- Roter Teppicha strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Greek κόκκινο χαλί
- κόκκινο χαλί (kókkino chalí)a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Hebrew שָׁטִיחַ אָדֹם
- שָׁטִיחַ אָדֹם (shatíakh adóm)a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Hindi लाल कालीन
- लाल कालीन (lāl kālīn)a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Hungarian vörös szőnyeg
- vörös szőnyega strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Italian tappeto rosso, red carpet
- tappeto rossoa strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
- red carpeta strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Japanese レッドカーペット
- レッドカーペット (reddo kāpetto)a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Korean 레드카펫
- 레드카펫 (redeukapet)a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Norwegian Bokmål rød løper, den røde løperen
- rød løpera strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
- den røde løperena strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Polish czerwony dywan
- czerwony dywana strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Portuguese tapete vermelho, tapete vermelho
- tapete vermelhoa strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
- tapete vermelhoVIP treatment
Romanian covor roșu
- covor roșua strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Russian кра́сная доро́жка
- кра́сная доро́жка (krásnaja doróžka)a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Slovak červený koberec
- červený kobereca strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Spanish alfombra roja
- alfombra rojaa strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Swedish röda mattan
- röda mattana strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Turkish kırmızı halı
- kırmızı halıa strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Ukrainian черво́на дорі́жка
- черво́на дорі́жка (červóna dorížka)a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Vietnamese thảm đỏ
- thảm đỏa strip of red carpet laid for a VIP
Cite this entry
red carpet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20carpet
“red carpet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20carpet. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “red carpet,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20carpet.
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