blood red

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blood red

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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”).

noun blood reds · bloodred · blood-red

  1. A dark red color.

adjective more blood red · most blood red · bloodred · blood-red

  1. Of a deep vivid red color.

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noun dark red colour

Españolrojo sangre
한국어핏빛 pitbit
Portuguêssanguíneo, sanguino
Deutschblutrot
Italianorosso sangue
Русскийа́лый ályj, крова́во-кра́сный krovávo-krásnyj

adj of a deep vivid red colour

Españolrojo sangre
中文殷紅 yīnhóng
Portuguêssanguíneo, sanguino
Françaisrouge sang
Deutschblutrot
Italianorosso sangue
Ελληνικάκατακόκκινος katakókkinos
Românăsângeriu
Русскийа́лый ályj, крова́во-кра́сный krovávo-krásnyj

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@misc{blood_red_2026,
  title = {blood red},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blood%20red},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}