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dret

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See also: drèt

English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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dret

  1. Obsolete spelling of drate; simple past of drite [18th century]

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan dret, from Late Latin drictus,[1] syncopated form of Latin dīrectus. Cognate with Occitan drech, dreit, French droit, Sicilian drittu. Doublet of directe.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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dret (feminine dreta, masculine plural drets, feminine plural dretes)

  1. right; opposite of left
    Synonym: destre
    Antonyms: esquerre, sinistre
  2. straight (not crooked or bent)
    Synonym: recte
    Antonym: corb
  3. upright, erect, standing
    Synonyms: dempeus, vertical

Derived terms

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Noun

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dret m (plural drets)

  1. right (something one is allowed to do)
  2. law (collectively, all the laws to which citizens are subject)
  3. law (the science)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ dret”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin drictus, from Latin dīrectus.

Adjective

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dret

  1. right
  2. straight, direct
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Middle English

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Noun

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dret

  1. (rare) Alternative form of dred

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Late Latin drictus, from Latin dīrectus.

Noun

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dret m (plural drets)

  1. (law, Puter, Vallader) law

Adjective

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dret m (feminine singular dretta, masculine plural drets, feminine plural drettas)

  1. (Puter, Vallader) right (direction)

Slovene

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Verb

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dret

  1. supine of dreti

Swedish

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Etymology

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Cognate with English dirt.

Noun

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dret c

  1. (dialectal) shit (excrement; dirt, filth; (figuratively) crap)

Usage notes

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Sometimes used as an intensifier, similar to "skit-" – "dretfull" means "shit-faced."

Declension

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Declension of dret
nominative genitive
singular indefinite dret drets
definite dreten dretens
plural indefinite
definite

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