drie

English

Adjective

drie

1. Archaic spelling of dry.

Anagrams

• Deri, Dier, IDer, Reid, dier, dire, ired, ride

Afrikaans

Afrikaans numbers ^(edit)

	30
←  2	3	4  →
Cardinal: drie     Ordinal: derde     Ordinal abbreviation: 3de

Etymology

From Dutch drie, from Middle Dutch dri, drie, from Old Dutch *thrie, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dri/

• Audio:

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Numeral

drie

1. three

Dutch

Alternative forms

• drij (rare, in dialectal Belgian Dutch)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch drie, from Old Dutch *thrie, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dri/

• Audio (Belgium):

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• Audio (Netherlands):

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• Hyphenation: drie
• Rhymes: -i
• Homophone: Drie

Numeral

Dutch numbers ^(edit)

	30
←  2	3	4  →
Cardinal: drie     Ordinal: derde

drie

1. three

Derived terms

• drie-eenheid
• driebanden
• driecilinder
• driedekker
• driedelig
• driedimensionaal
• drieduizend
• drieën
• drieëndertig
• drieënnegentig
• drieëntachtig
• drieëntwintig
• drieënveertig
• drieënvijftig
• drieënzestig
• drieënzeventig
• drieërhande
• drieërlei
• driehoek
• driehonderd
• driejarig
• driekantig
• drieklank
• driekleur
• driekleurig
• Driekoningen
• driekwart
• drielandenpunt
• drieling
• drieluik
• driemaal
• driemanschap
• driemotorig
• driepoot
• drieslagstelsel
• drietal
• drietand
• drieteenmeeuw
• drieteenstrandloper
• drievingerig
• drievoet
• drievoud
• drievuldigheid
• driewerf
• driewieler

 

Related terms

• derde
• dertig
• trio

Descendants

• Afrikaans: drie
• Berbice Creole Dutch: dri
• Jersey Dutch: drî
• Negerhollands: drie, dri
• Skepi Creole Dutch: dri
• → Sranan Tongo: dri
  • → Aukan: dii
  • → Saramaccan: dií
• → Trió: tëri_me

Anagrams

• dier
• ried

Dutch Low Saxon

Alternative forms

• drij

Etymology

From Middle Low German drî, drê from Old Saxon thrie.

Numeral

drie

1. three

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch thrīe, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /driə/

Numeral

drie

1. three

Alternative forms

• dri

Descendants

• Dutch: drie
• Limburgish: drèè
• Zealandic: drie

Further reading

• “drie”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “drie”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Adjective

drie (plural and weak singular drie, comparative *drier, superlative *driest)

1. Alternative form of drye

Zealandic

Etymology

From Middle Dutch drie, from Old Dutch *thrie, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

drie

1. three