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drif

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch drift, from Middle Dutch drift, from Old Dutch *drift, from Proto-Germanic *driftiz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /drəf/
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Noun

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drif (plural drifte)

  1. urge, strong desire
  2. fit of rage

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Icelandic

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Noun

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drif n (genitive singular drifs, nominative plural drif)

  1. driven snow
  2. spindrift, spoondrift, seaspray
  3. drive (motor that depends on a mechanism that stores potential energy for future use)
  4. (computing) drive

Declension

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    Declension of drif
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative drif drifið drif drifin
accusative drif drifið drif drifin
dative drifi drifinu drifum drifunum
genitive drifs drifsins drifa drifanna
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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From English drift, from Middle English drift, dryft (“act of driving, drove, shower of rain or snow, impulse”), from Old English *drift (“drift”), from Proto-Germanic *driftiz (“drift”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdrɪf]
  • Hyphenation: drif

Noun

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drif (first-person possessive drifku, second-person possessive drifmu, third-person possessive drifnya)

  1. (mining, engineering) drift: a passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.

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Old English

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Verb

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drīf

  1. singular imperative of drīfan

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Dutch drijven.

Verb

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drif

  1. to float

Swedish

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Verb

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drif

  1. imperative of drifva

Anagrams

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