Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

red army

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English

Syllables: red army
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Name of the Soviet army in the period 1918–1946.

name

The Soviet Armed Forces, including those of 1947–1991.

Informal

name

The Chinese Red Army.

name

The Russian Armed Forces, especially the Ground Forces component.

Informal

Example Sentences

"If Russia’s President Vladimir Putin could order his troops into his neighbor with impunity, surely China’s President Xi Jinping might finally decide to recover Taiwan, the island province that has remained staunchly independent ever since Mao Zedong’s Red Army finished his conquest of the mainland in 1949."

Etymology

Calque of Russian Красная а́рмия (Krasnaja ármija). The red was the traditional color of the communist movement which was the official ideology of the Soviets at the period.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

the Red Army (canonical)

Phrases

Red Army man Red Armyman Red China red menace red scare

Frequently Paired Words

Red China red menace Reds red scare White Army green army

Questions

What does red army mean?: Name of the Soviet army in the period 1918–1946.
Where does red army come from?: Calque of Russian Красная а́рмия (Krasnaja ármija). The red was the traditional color of the communist movement which was the official ideology of the Soviets at the period.

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