redhead

English

A redhead

A readhead duck

Etymology

red +‎ head.

Noun

redhead (plural redheads)

1. A person with red hair.
2. A North American duck Aythya americana, highly esteemed as a game bird.
3. A kind of milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, with red flowers, formerly used in medicine.
4. Chinese red-headed centipede
5. red-headed bunting
6. red-headed titi
7. red-headed vulture
8. red-headed woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Synonyms

• (redheaded person): bloodnut, Bluey, carrot-top, ginger

Derived terms

• redheaded

Translations

red-haired person

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅發 (cmn), 红发 (cmn) (hóngfā), 紅發的人, 红发的人 (hóngfā de rén)

• Czech: zrzek (cs) m
• Finnish: punapää (fi)
• French: roux (fr) m, rousse (fr) f
• German: Rotkopf (de) m, Rotschopf (de) m, Rothaarige (de) m and f
• Hebrew: ג'ינג'י m, ג'ינג'ית f, אדמוני m, אדמונית f
• Irish: rua (ga) (used of both males and females), fear rua m, bean rua f
• Italian: testarossa (it) f
• Japanese: 赤毛 (ja) (あかげ, akage)

• Jèrriais: rousseau m
• Latin: rufus (la) m
• Manx: ben ruy (gv) f, fer ruy (gv) m, kione jiarg (gv) m
• Portuguese: ruivo (pt) m, ruiva (pt) f
• Russian: рыжий (ru) (rýžij) m, рыжая (ru) (rýžaja) f
• Scottish Gaelic: ruadh (of both males and females), fear ruadh m, bean ruadh f
• Slovak: ryšavec (sl) m, ryšiak (sl) m
• Spanish: pelirrojo (es) m, pelirroja (es) f, colorín (es) m, colorina (es) f
• Vietnamese: người tóc (hung hung) đỏ (1)
• Welsh: cochen (cy) f, cochyn (cy) m

zoology: Aythya americana

• Finnish: amerikanpunasotka (fi)

• German: Rotkopfente (de) f

See also

• auburn
• freckleface
• ranga
• red
• rusty
• Wikipedia article on redheads
• Wikipedia article on red hair

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