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How to say "red" in French

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rouge
(adj.) (fem./masc.) (sing.) red
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Elle aime la robe rouge .
She likes the red dress.
J' achète un pull rouge .
I am buying a red sweater.
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History Told by Socks: The Casting of Star Wars
Ou vous jouer la mort de Roméo avec le foulard rouge pour faire le sang ?
Or play for you the death of Romeo with a red scarf to play the blood?
Irregular Verbs II 3
Qu'est-ce que tu penses du pull rouge ?
What do you think of the red sweater?
"Don't Leave Me (Live)" - Jacques Brel
Le rouge et le noir
The red and the black
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rouges
(adj.) (fem./masc.) (pl.) red
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Toutes les robes de Maria sont rouges .
All of Maria's dresses are red.
Je vois deux voitures rouges .
I see two red cars.
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Louis XIV: A 72-Year Reign
Le roi aux perruques extravagantes et aux talons rouges .
The king with the extravagant wigs and the red heels.
How Does Wine Get Its Color?
Les vins rouges pâlissent tandis que les vins blancs deviennent plus foncés .
Red wines become paler while white wines become darker.
"Mamie Danielle" on Brotherhood
Et deux heures après j' avais je sais pas combien de roses rouges
And two hours later I had I don't know how many red roses
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rouge
(n.) (masc.) (sing.) [the color] red
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Charlotte is a FR-EN translator and live subtitler based in the U.K. She holds a BA in French and Japanese and an MA in audiovisual translation. She has worked as an English tutor in the past and considers herself a life-long language student.
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Je préfère le bleu au rouge .
I prefer blue to red.
Le rouge de ce tableau me plaît .
The red in this painting pleases me.
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Why Are Airplane Seats Nearly Always Blue?
parce qu' il s' est avéré que le rouge augmentait le niveau d' agression parmi les passagers .
because it was revealed that red was raising the level of aggression among passengers.
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Costume d' un rouge éclatant et barbe blanche impeccable ,
Striking red suit and impeccable white beard,
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L' été des Français sera donc bien en bleu blanc rouge .
Summer for French people will therefore be truly blue, white and red.
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roux
(adj.) (masc.) red(-headed)
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Charlotte is a FR-EN translator and live subtitler based in the U.K. She holds a BA in French and Japanese and an MA in audiovisual translation. She has worked as an English tutor in the past and considers herself a life-long language student.
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Mon fils est roux .
My son is red-headed.
Leurs enfants sont tous roux .
Their children are all red-headed.
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The Magical Island of Red Squirrels
Si la réintroduction d' écureuils roux dans certaines régions de Grande Bretagne
While the reintroduction of red squirrels in certain regions of Great Britain
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Elle a de longs cheveux roux .
She has long red hair.
The Magical Island of Red Squirrels
d' écureuils roux .
of red squirrels.
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petit chaperon rouge
(name) (masc.) (sing.) Little Red Riding Hood "Petit Chaperon rouge" is often preceded by the definite article "le." A "chaperon" was a type of hood worn by people in the middle ages.
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Le Petit Chaperon rouge rend visite à sa grand-mère .
Little Red Riding Hood is visiting her grandmother.
Le Petit Chaperon rouge court dans les bois .
Little Red Riding Hood is running in the woods.
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Little Red Riding Hood
Elle le porte si souvent que tout le monde l' appelle Petit Chaperon Rouge .
She wears it so often that everybody calls her Little Red Riding Hood.
Little Red Riding Hood
Tiens , Petit Chaperon Rouge , porte ce panier à mère-grand .
Here, Little Red Riding Hood, bring this basket to Grandmamma.
Little Red Riding Hood
« Je serai sage », promit le Petit Chaperon Rouge .
"I will be good," Little Red Riding Hood promised.
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