See also: DRE, Dre, dré, drę, dře, and Dre.

Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *drani, identical to Hesychian ἀρανίς (aranís) (misspelling of δρανίς (dranís, deer)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēn- (drone, buzz).[1] Compare English drone, Ancient Greek θρήνος (thrḗnos, lament)).[2]

Noun

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dre m (plural drerë, definite dreri, definite plural drerët)

  1. deer

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 395
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dre”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 72-3

Cornish

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Alternative forms

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  • der (used before vowels)

Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *truɨ, from Proto-Celtic *trei, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-.

Preposition

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dre (triggers soft mutation)

  1. through, via
  2. by means of

Ilocano

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Etymology

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Clipping of kompadre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɾe/ [ˈdɾe]
  • Hyphenation: dre

Noun

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dré (Kur-itan spelling ᜇ᜔ᜎᜒ) (Abra)

  1. buddy, bro; close male friend
    Coordinate term: beh
  2. Term of address to a fellow young male, especially a stanger

Usage notes

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  • It is a familiar term used by younger males to each other, sometimes women use it to address their heterosexual male friends.

Slovene

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Verb

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dre

  1. third-person singular present of dreti

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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dre f

  1. Soft mutation of tre.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of tre
radical soft nasal aspirate
tre dre nhre thre

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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