red
(=colour) rouge m
→ She was dressed all in red.
to be in the red
[account, person] être à découvert
[business, company] être en déficit
to see red
(=lose one's temper) voir rouge
→ I just saw red and punched him.
red wine rouge m
A great Chilean red. Un excellent rouge du Chili.
(POLITICS, pejorative) rouge mf
(in colour)
rouge
→ a bunch of red roses
→ Her nails were painted bright red.
a red rose une rose rouge
[hair] roux (rousse)
[fur] roux (rousse)
Tamsin's got red hair. Tamsin a les cheveux roux.
She has long red hair. Elle a de longs cheveux roux.
(=bloodshot)
[eyes] rouge
→ Her eyes were red with weeping.
(with embarrassment, anger, exertion)
[person, face] rouge → With a bright red face I entered the room late. His face was red. Il était tout rouge. red with shame rouge de honte She was red with shame. Elle était rouge de honte. to go red in the face (with embarrassment, anger)
rougir (with exertion)
devenir tout (e) rouge
blood-red
cherry-red
adj (rouge) cerise inv
red alert
n alerte f rouge
to be on red alert, The country is on red alert. L'alerte rouge a été déclenchée dans le pays.
Red Army
n
the Red Army l'Armée f rouge
red-blooded
adj
[male, man] viril (e) , vigoureux (-euse)
→ Lusted after by every red-blooded male, loathed by women ...
red-brick , redbrick
adj
[house, building, wall] en briques rouges
red cabbage
n chou m rouge
red card
n (FOOTBALL) carton m rouge
to be shown the red card
[sports player] recevoir un carton rouge
red carpet
n tapis m rouge
to roll out the red carpet dérouler le tapis rouge
→ We'll give her some VIP treatment and roll out the red carpet ...
to roll out the red carpet for sb dérouler le tapis rouge pour qn
red-carpet treatment
n accueil m en grande pompe
→ They gave her the red carpet treatment.
→ He is embarrassed by the red carpet treatment.
red channel
n (at customs)
couloir m "marchandises à déclarer", sortie f "marchandises à déclarer"
Red Crescent
n Croissant-Rouge m
Red Cross
n Croix-Rouge f
→ the Spanish Red Cross
red-eye
*
(=flight) vol m de nuit
→ She was running to catch a red-eye to New York ...
(PHOTOGRAPHY) effet m yeux rouges
*
[flight] de nuit
→ He decided not to take the red-eye flight home but to wait and take a nine o'clock flight the following morning.
(PHOTOGRAPHY)
red-eye reduction réduction f des yeux rouges
→ Other features include red-eye reduction, and infinity mode.
red-eye reduction facility fonction f anti-yeux rouges
→ The camera incorporates a redeye reduction facility.
red-faced
adj (with embarrassment)
rouge de confusion , (with anger)
tout (e) rouge, (from exertion)
tout (e) rouge
red-haired
adj roux (rousse)
red-handed
adj
to catch sb red-handed prendre qn la main dans le sac
He was caught red-handed. Il a été pris la main dans le sac.
red-headed
adj roux (rousse)
red herring
n
that's a red herring c'est pour brouiller les pistes
→ But it's a bit of a red herring ...
red-hot
adj
[iron, metal] brûlant (e) , chauffé (e) au rouge
[lava, stone, coals] incandescent (e)
(=too hot to touch)
[radiator] brûlant (e)
→ In the main rooms red-hot radiators were left exposed.
*
(=excellent)
[performance, lover] extraordinaire
→ a red-hot young actor
→ a red-hot sex life
[competition] passionnant (e)
the red-hot favourite le (la) grand (e) favori (te)
→ His team are red-hot favourites.
*
(=latest)
[news, information] de dernière minute
Red Indian
n
can be offensive Peau-Rouge mf
red-letter day
n jour m à marquer d'une pierre blanche
→ Genuinely touched, Haig reflected: To-day, indeed, has been a red letter one in my life.
red light
n
(=traffic light) feu m rouge
to go through a red light brûler un feu rouge
→ He was caught going through a red light.
red-light district
n quartier m des prostituées
red meat
n viande f rouge
red pepper
n
(=bell pepper) poivron m rouge
→ ... 2 large green or red peppers.
→ ... cheese, lettuce and chopped red pepper.
(=cayenne pepper) piment m rouge
→ ... oil flavored with hot red peppers.
Red Riding Hood
n Little Red Riding Hood Le Petit Chaperon rouge
Red Sea
n
the Red Sea la mer Rouge
Red Square
n (in Moscow)
place f Rouge
red squirrel
n écureuil m roux
red tape
n bureaucratie f tatillonne, paperasserie f
→ Applying for the grant involves a great deal of red tape.
red-top
n (British)
(=tabloid newspaper) tabloïd m
→ The so-called "celebrities" sell the red-tops.
→ Readers of red-tops are not as stupid as some people believe.
red wine
n vin m rouge
ruby-red , ruby red
adj rubis inv