dri
See also: DRI, D.R.I., drì, dři, and dʳi
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin dē retrō. Compare Italian dietro, French derrière, and Venetian drio.
Preposition
dri
- behind
Adverb
dri
- behind
- back
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *thrī, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /driː/
Numeral
dri
- (Brabant) Alternative form of drie
Descendants
- Dutch: drij (southern, dialectal)
Middle English
Adjective
dri
- Alternative form of drye
Old High German
| < 2 | 3 | 4 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : dri Ordinal : dritto | ||
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, whence also Old Saxon thrīe, Old English þrī, Old Norse þrír. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Numeral
dri
- three
Descendants
- Middle High German: drī
- Alemannic German: drüü, drü
- Bavarian: drei
- Cimbrian: drai
- Mòcheno: drai
- Central Franconian: drei, dreij
- Hunsrik: drei
- East Central German:
- Upper Saxon: dreie
- German: drei
- Luxembourgish: dräi
- Rhine Franconian:
- Pennsylvania German: drei
- Vilamovian: draj
- Yiddish: דרײַ (dray)
Slovene
Verb
dri
- second-person singular imperative of dreti
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Borrowed Dutch drie or from English three.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dri/
Numeral
dri
- three
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /driː/
Numeral
dri
- Soft mutation of tri.
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| tri | dri | nhri | thri |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||