drie

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English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

drie

  1. Archaic spelling of dry.

Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Afrikaans numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: drie
    Ordinal: derde
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3de

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dri/
  • (file)

Numeral[edit]

drie

  1. three

Dutch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • drij (rare, in dialectal Belgian Dutch)

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

Dutch numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: drie
    Ordinal: derde

drie

  1. three

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Dutch Low Saxon[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Numeral[edit]

drie

  1. three

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

drie

  1. three

Alternative forms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. Alternative form of drye

Zealandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Numeral[edit]

drie

  1. three