redhead en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹɛdˌhɛd/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Bahuvrihi compound of red + head.
Meanings
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A person with red hair.
I like redheads. Their mouths are like a drop of strawberry jam in a glass of milk.
2007, Matthew Weiner, “Red in the Face”, in Mad Men, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Roger Sterling:
- A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird.
- A kind of milkweed (Asclepia curassavica), with red flowers, formerly used in medicine.
- Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)
- Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps).
- Red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus).
- Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus).
- (informal) Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus).
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A kind of 800-watt lamp.
Most [camera crews] carry two blondes and three redheads or their equivalents. Blondes are 2000 watt lamps traditionally with yellow heads (or shells) used to light fairly large areas — also referred to as 2Ks — and redheads smaller 800 watt lamps traditionally with red shells to light faces.
2012, Colin Hart, Television Program Making, page 63:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redheads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
Hyponyms
Relateds
ranga · red · freckleface · ginger · auburn · rusty
Synonyms
ginger · carrot top · redpoll · ging · ginger head · redhead · carrots · bloodnut · ginger · Bluey · Bluey · strawberry blonde · bloodnut · ranga · coppertop · ginge · Red · ginger knob · fire-crotch · ginger minger · Pippi Longstocking · red-headed stepchild · firebox · redette · gingernut · copperhead · coppertop
Translations (76)
nn raudtopp (red-haired person) · ca pèl-roig (red-haired person) · fi punatukka (red-haired person) · hu vörös (red-haired person) · cy cochyn (red-haired person) · pt ruiva (red-haired person) · scn pilu-russu (red-haired person) · eu ilegorri (red-haired person) · el κοκκινομάλλης (red-haired person) · de Rothaarige (red-haired person) · fr rousse (red-haired person) · es choco (red-haired person) · gd bean ruadh (red-haired person) · he ג׳ינג׳י (red-haired person) · ga bean rua (red-haired person) · gd ruadh (red-haired person) · es colorín (red-haired person) · vi người tóc đỏ (red-haired person) · wa rosse (red-haired person) · ru ры́жий (red-haired person) · la rūfus (red-haired person) · he ג׳ינג׳ית (red-haired person) · el κοκκινομάλλα (red-haired person) · cmn 紅髮 /红发 (red-haired person) · fi ruskopääsirkku (Emberiza bruniceps) · gd fear ruadh (red-haired person) · nl rooie (red-haired person) · nb rødtopp (red-haired person) · ru рыжеволо́сая (red-haired person) · gv ben ruy (red-haired person) · lv rudmatis (red-haired person) · nrf rousseau (red-haired person) · de Rotkopf (red-haired person) · es pelirroja (red-haired person) · scn pilu russu (red-haired person) · gv kione jiarg (red-haired person) · fr roux (red-haired person) · ga fear rua (red-haired person) · fi amerikanpunasotka (Aythya americana) · af rooikop (red-haired person) · cy cochen (red-haired person) · fi punapäätikka (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) · sk ryšavec (red-haired person) · ja 赤毛 (red-haired person) · wa rossea (red-haired person) · it testarossa (red-haired person) · eu kaskagorri (red-haired person) · nl Amerikaanse tafeleend (Aythya americana) · hu vöröshajú (red-haired person) · he אדמונית (red-haired person) · nl roodharige (red-haired person) · ru ры́жая (red-haired person) · es pelirrojo (red-haired person) · gv fer ruy (red-haired person) · cmn 紅髮的人 /红发的人 (red-haired person) · es colorina (red-haired person) · pt ruivo (red-haired person) · he אדמוני (red-haired person) · fi punasilkkiyrtti (milkweed Asclepias curassavica) · cs zrzek (red-haired person) · ru рыжеволо́сый (red-haired person) · fr fuligule à tête rouge (Aythya americana) · eo rufulo (red-haired person) · ga rua (red-haired person) · de Rotschopf (red-haired person) · de Rothaariger (red-haired person) · wa rossete (red-haired person) · it pel di carota (red-haired person) · nv naalʼeełí bitsiiʼ halchíiʼii (Aythya americana) · de Rotkopfente (Aythya americana) · cs zrzka (red-haired person) · sk ryšiak (red-haired person) · lv rudmate (red-haired person) · eo ruĝharulo (red-haired person) · fi kalmokorppikotka (Sarcogyps calvus) · fi punapää (red-haired person)