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rudd¹
- /ɹʌd/
Rhymes with -ʌd
Where it comes from
Akin to rud, ruddy, ruddock. Via Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (whence also red) cognate with German Rotfeder, Irish ruán, Slovene rdečeperka.
Compare typologically Bulgarian червеноперка (červenoperka) (<+ червен (červen)), Macedonian црвеноперка (crvenoperka) (<+ црвен (crven)), Russian краснопёрка (krasnopjórka) (<+ красный (krasnyj)); Turkish kızılkanat (kızıl + kanat).
noun rudds · rudd
- Any species of the freshwater game fishes of genus Scardinius. Within minutes of starting I had my first fish a rudd about a pound, this was followed by a tench about five pounds.
- common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
Rudd²
- /ɹʌd/
Rhymes with -ʌd
Where it comes from
Originally a nickname from Middle English, meaning "red".
proper noun
- A surname transferred from the nickname. I’m not surprised that Rudd seizes on my accent – his parents were British Jews from Edgware and Surbiton, and while Rudd was born in New Jersey in 1969 and raised in the US, he was often in Britain as a kid to visit relatives in London’s less glamorous suburbs and Basingstoke.
- A minor city in Floyd County, Iowa, United States.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: scardinius erythrophthalmus, roed, rod, road, rhode, rude, rood, rode, ruud, red-eye, scarine, scad, shallow, scarid, scombrid, azurine
Translations
Talk about this word "rudd." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rudd. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. rudd. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rudd "rudd." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rudd.Cite this
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