Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reds

/ɹˈɛdz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: reds
IPA: /ɹˈɛdz/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

name

Synonym of Communist Party in various contexts.

Informal

name

Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly red, particularly

Informal

name

Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly red, particularly

Informal

name

Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly red, particularly

Informal

Example Sentences

"Gibbon's successors had alternative suggestions, the most persistent of which has been that the Blues were supporters of religious orthodoxy and the Greens of Monophysitism. According to this view, the emperor Anastasius, whose Monophysitism was notorious, should have been a Green, though contemporary evidence makes him a Red."

Etymology

In reference to the ancient Roman and medieval Byzantine racing faction, a calque of Latin russātī (“Reddish-Brown-Clads”) or factio russata (“the reddish-brown-clad faction”) and Byzantine Greek Ῥούσιοι (Rhoúsioi, “Reds”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: russatus, Ῥούσιοι

Usage

Informal

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Sports.

Derived Forms

COYR

Phrases

reds under the bed

Frequently Paired Words

reds under the bed Blues Greens Whites Golds Purples

Synonyms

Communist Party in various contexts

Rhymes With

heads beds threads spreads feds sheds shreds breads treads dreads redheads sleds

Questions

How do you pronounce reds?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈɛdz/.
What does reds mean?: plural of red
Where does reds come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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