dret

See also: drèt

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: drĕt, IPA^(key): /dɹɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

dret

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

Anagrams

• RDTE, RTed, retd, ret'd, retd., RDT&E

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈdɾɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈdɾət]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈdɾet]

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

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

• a tort i a dret
• dret humà
• dretà
• dreta
• dreter
• dretisme

 

Related terms

• indret

Noun

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

• drets humans

Further reading

• “dret” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dret” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dret” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Friulian

Etymology

From Late Latin drictus, from Latin dīrectus.

Adjective

dret

1. right
2. straight, direct

Related terms

• drečâ
• drete

Middle English

Noun

dret

1. (rare) Alternative form of dred

Romansch

Alternative forms

• dretg (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Late Latin drictus, from Latin dīrectus.

Noun

dret m (plural drets)

1. (law, Puter, Vallader) law

Adjective

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

1. (Puter, Vallader) right (direction)

Slovene

Verb

dret

1. supine of dreti

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate with English dirt.

Noun

dret c

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

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of dret

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dret	drets
	definite	dreten	dretens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• dret in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Fula Ordboken
• Slangopedia