redhead

English

A redhead

A redhead duck

Etymology

Bahuvrihi compound of red +‎ head.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛdˌhɛd/

Noun

redhead (plural redheads)

A person with red hair.
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
red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)
red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus)
red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)

Synonyms

(redheaded person): bloodnut, Bluey, carrot top, ginger, ranga, carrots

Derived terms

redheaded

Translations

red-haired person

Chinese:
Mandarin: 紅髮, 红发 (hóngfā), 紅髮的人, 红发的人 (hóngfā de rén)
Czech: zrzek m, zrzka f
Dutch: roodharige (nl), rooie (nl)
Esperanto: rufulo
Finnish: punapää (fi), punatukka
French: roux (fr) m, rousse (fr) f
German: Rotkopf m, Rotschopf m, Rothaarige m, f
Greek: κοκκινομάλλης (el) m (kokkinomállis), κοκκινομάλλα f (kokkinomálla)
Hebrew: ג'ינג'י‎‎ (he) m, ג'ינג'ית‎‎ f, אדמוני‎‎ (he) m, אדמונית‎‎ (he) f
Irish: rua (ga) (used of both males and females), fear rua m, bean rua f
Italian: testarossa f
Japanese: 赤毛 (あかげ, akage)
Latin: rufus (la) m

Latvian: rudmatis m, rudmate f
Manx: ben ruy f, fer ruy m, kione jiarg m
Norman: rousseau m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rødtopp m

Nynorsk: raudtopp m
Portuguese: ruivo (pt) m, ruiva f
Russian: ры́жий (ru) m (rýžij), ры́жая (ru) f (rýžaja), рыжеволо́сый (ru) m (ryževolósyj), рыжеволо́сая (ru) f (ryževolósaja)
Scottish Gaelic: (of both males and females) ruadh, fear ruadh m, bean ruadh f
Slovak: ryšavec m, ryšiak m
Spanish: pelirrojo (es) m, pelirroja (es) f, colorín m, colorina f
Vietnamese: người tóc (hung hung) đỏ (lit: "red-haired person)
Walloon: rosse (wa) m, f, rossea (wa) m, rossete (wa) f
Welsh: cochen f, cochyn m

Aythya americana

Finnish: amerikanpunasotka (fi)
French: fuligule à tête rouge m

German: Rotkopfente f
Navajo: naalʼeełí bitsiiʼ halchíiʼii

milkweed Asclepias curassavica

Finnish: punasilkkiyrtti

Chinese red-headed centipede — see Chinese red-headed centipede

Emberiza bruniceps

Finnish: ruskopääsirkku (fi)

Callicebus regulus

Sarcogyps calvus

Finnish: kalmokorppikotka (fi)

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Finnish: punapäätikka (fi)

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