Red in Any Language Trivia Quiz

Answer: punainen

Finnish is a Uralic language, a family of languages also spoken in Estonia, Hungary, and certain regions of Russia. The word 'Uralic' comes from the Ural Mountain range which runs north and south through central Russia and separates Europe on the west from Asia on the east.

Answer: rouge

What is now called blush was once known as rouge, the French word for red. The old expression "to rouge one's cheeks" meant to color the cheeks to provide a youthful glow. During the 1700s, women sometimes used cinnabar to redden their cheeks. Cinnebar is mercury sulfide and it's toxic. Needless to say, the life expectancy of these women was not very long.

Answer: rojo

Spanish is a Romance language, derived from Latin. The Latin word for "red" is "rubrum" or it could be "ruber" or "rubra," dependending on how the word is used in a sentence. Latin has cases, or variations in the form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective.

Answer: rot

The German language is primarly spoken in Germany and Austria. It's also one of several languages spoken in Switzerland. German belongs to the West Germanic group of the Indo-European family of languages. English, Dutch, and Frisian are also included in this group. Like Latin, German has cases.

Answer: rųd

If you noticed a similarity between the Norwegian and German word for 'red' there's a reason for that. The Norwegian language is derived from a North Germanic language which in turn is based on Old Norse. The Sami people of northern Scandinavia and Finland speak their own indiginous language. The Sami word for the color red is 'ruoksat'.

Answer: vermelho

The origin of this word comes from the vivid orange-red color known as vermilion. Portuguese is a Romance language spoken in Portugal, Brazil, and various African countries. Although there are some similarities, Portuguese and Spanish are two different languages.

Answer: raušur

Icelandic is a Northern Germanic language and is now the official language spoken in Iceland. The language itself dates back to medieval times. Icelandic students learn Danish as well as Icelandic due to historical ties between the two countries. Icelandic surnames are unusual in that children traditionally take their father's first name as their surname. That's probably why their surnames sound so similar.

Answer: ruĝa

Esperanto is an artificial language developed in the late nineteenth century by L.L.Zamenhof. The name of the language means "one who hopes". Zamenhof designed Esperanto to be a universal second language and based the vocabulary, semantics, and grammar on various Indo-European languages.

Answer: coch

The Welsh language dates back to the 6th century. It originated with the Celts who lived in Great Britain at that time and were known as Celtic Britons. The language is divided into four periods: Primative, Old, Middle, and Modern. Welsh is spoken in Wales and parts of England. Did you know that a province in Patagonia, Argentina, has Welsh speakers? A group of Welsh settlers came to the area in 1865 and the Welsh language is still spoken there.

Answer: czerwony (tzhervony)

Considered to be a Slavic language, Polish is a part of the Indo-European family of languages. Of the three main Slavic groups, Polish developed from the Western Slavonic language group. The other two groups are Eastern and Southern. The written language differs from other Slavic languages in that it's based on the Latin alphabet rather than the Cyrillic alphabet.