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

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

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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

1. 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 German: dreie

  • German: drei
  • Luxembourgish: dräi
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: drei

  • Vilamovian: draj
  • Yiddish: דרײַ (dray)

Slovene

Verb

dri

1. second-person singular imperative of dreti

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed Dutch drie or from English three.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dri/

Numeral

dri

1. three

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /driː/

Numeral

dri

1. 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.