Etymology
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From Middle English redisch; equivalent to red + -ish.
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Adjective
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reddish (comparative more reddish, superlative most reddish)
- Somewhat red.
1943 March and April, “G.W.R. Rolling Stock Colours”, in Railway Magazine, page 106:"Chocolate and cream," the standard colours of G.W.R. rolling stock for 21 years, are now being replaced by an all-over utility coating of reddish-brown. This is the third time that a uniform brown has been adopted as the standard livery of G.W.R. carriages.
1948 September and October, W. S. Darby, “The Gold Coast Railway—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 287:Although the track is ballasted, it does not prevent clouds of reddish dust from the laterite soil blowing about when the train is in motion; after a journey with the windows open a bath is a necessity!
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resembling the colour red
- Afrikaans: rooierig
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- Armenian: կարմրավուն (hy) (karmravun)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܣܡܩܵܢܵܐ (masmqānā)
- Asturian: arroxáu, robrizu
- Catalan: rogenc (ca), vermellós (ca)
- Chinese:
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- Czech: červenavý
- Dutch: roodachtig (nl)
- Finnish: punertava (fi)
- French: rougeâtre (fr)
- Galician: avermellado
- Georgian: მოწითალო (moc̣italo)
- German: rötlich (de)
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- Greenlandic: aappaluppoq
- Hebrew: אֲדַמְדַּם
- Hungarian: pirosas (hu)
- Icelandic: rauðleitur
- Ido: redatra (io)
- Italian: rossastro (it)
- Kalmyk: улавтр (ulavtr)
- Latin: rubellus
- Latvian: iesarkans, sarkanīgs
- Macedonian: црве́никав (crvénikav)
- Maori: mākurakura, mawera, kuratea
- Marathi: लालसर (lālsar)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: rødaktig, rødlig
- Plautdietsch: rodlich
- Polish: czerwonawy (pl)
- Portuguese: avermelhado (pt)
- Romanian: roșcat (ro)
- Russian: краснова́тый (ru) (krasnovátyj)
- Shor: қызылдырым, қызылзыбан
- Spanish: rojizo (es), rubescente
- Swedish: rödaktig (sv)
- Turkish: kırmızımsı (tr), kırmızımtırak (tr), kızılca (tr)
- Zazaki: surani f
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quite red; red to a certain extent