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read

Pronunciation: /ræ͜ɑːd/

“read” is an Old English word. Its meaning in English:

adjective

  1. red

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós < *h₁rewdʰ-. Germanic cognates: Old Frisian rād (West Frisian read), Old Saxon rōd (Low German root, rod), Dutch rood, Old High German rōt (German rot), Old Norse rauðr (Danish rød, Swedish röd, Icelandic rauður), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (rauþs). Indo-European cognates: Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Latin…

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