dri

See also: DRI and D.R.I.

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin dē retrō. Compare Italian dietro, French derrière, and Venetian drio.

Preposition

dri

  1. behind

Adverb

dri

  1. behind
  2. back

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *thrī, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /driː/

Numeral

dri

  1. (Brabant) Alternative form of drie

Descendants
  • Dutch: drij (southern, dialectal)

Middle English

Adjective

dri

  1. Alternative form of drye

Old High German
Old High German cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : dri
    Ordinal : dritto

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þrīz, whence also Old Saxon thrīe, Old English þrī, Old Norse þrír. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

dri

  1. three

Descendants
  • Middle High German: drī
    • Alemannic German: drüü, drü
    • Bavarian: drei
      Cimbrian: 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)

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed Dutch drie or from English three.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dri/

Numeral

dri

  1. three
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