drie

English

Adjective

drie

  1. Archaic spelling of dry.

Anagrams

Afrikaans
Afrikaans cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : drie
    Ordinal : derde

Pronunciation
  • Audio (AF)(file)

Etymology

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

Numeral

drie

  1. three

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • drij (rare, in dialectal Belgian Dutch)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dri/
  • audio (Belgium)(file)
  • audio (Netherlands)(file)
  • Hyphenation: drie
  • Rhymes: -i

Numeral
Dutch cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : drie
    Ordinal : derde

drie

  1. three

Derived terms

Descendants

Anagrams

Dutch Low Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Numeral

drie

  1. three

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /driə/

Numeral

drie

  1. three

Alternative forms

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

Further reading
  • “drie”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “drie”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

drie

  1. three
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