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red carpet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A strip of red carpet that is laid for a VIP to walk on.
   • 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:
   • 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):
2. (broadly, figuratively) VIP treatment.

Forms

Deriveds

roll out the red carpet · red-carpetful

Translations (45)

nl rode loper (VIP treatment) · ru кра́сная доро́жка (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · bg черве́н кили́м (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · et punane vaip (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · fi punainen matto (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · hu vörös szőnyeg (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · da røde løber (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · ko 레드카펫 (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · cmn 紅毯 /红毯 (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · sh црвени тепих (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · be чырво́ная даро́жка (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · mk црвен тепих (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · fr tapis rouge (VIP treatment) · nl rode loper (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · fi punainen matto (VIP treatment) · el κόκκινο χαλί (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · eu alfonbra gorri (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · sk červený koberec (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · pt tapete vermelho (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · es alfombra roja (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · sh crveni tepih (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · he שָׁטִיחַ אָדֹם (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · cmn 貴賓待遇 /贵宾待遇 (VIP treatment) · pl czerwony dywan (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · nb rød løper (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · vi thảm đỏ (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · pt tapete vermelho (VIP treatment) · ro covor roșu (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · fa-ira فَرْشِ قِرْمِز (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · hy կարմիր գորգ (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · mn улаан хивс (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · it red carpet (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · it tappeto rosso (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · nb den røde løperen (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · cs červený koberec (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · fr tapis rouge (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · ja レッドカーペット (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · bn লাল গালিচা (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · de Roter Teppich (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · sv röda mattan (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · ar سَجَّادَة حَمْرَاء (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · uk черво́на дорі́жка (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · tr kırmızı halı (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · sl rdeča preproga (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP) · hi लाल कालीन (a strip of red carpet laid for a VIP)