russus — meaning in English

English meaning

• red adj Having the color of blood, ripe strawberries, or a stop light.
• russet noun A reddish-brown color.
• Russian adj Relating to Russia, its people, culture, or language.

Senses

russus is used for these senses in English:

• Russian (countable, obsolete) A person from the Soviet Union.
• red (of a, dog, or, its coat) Having a brown color.
• red Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
• red (countable, and, uncountable) The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
• russet Having a reddish-brown color.

red — full definition

1. adj Having the color of blood, ripe strawberries, or a stop light.
2. noun The color itself, one of the primary colors of light.
3. noun A supporter of communism or a left-wing/socialist movement, especially historically.
4. adj Having reddish-orange hair color.

russet — full definition

1. noun A reddish-brown color.
2. noun A coarse, reddish-brown, homespun fabric; clothes made with such fabric.
3. noun A variety of apple with rough, russet-colored skin.
4. noun A variety of potato with rough, dark gray-brown skin.

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