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English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
See dreg .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
dregs pl (plural only )
( collectively ) The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid ; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.
( figuratively , the dregs) The worst and lowest part of something.
the dregs of society
1826 , [Mary Shelley ], chapter IX, in The Last Man. [ … ] , volume III, London: Henry Colburn , [ … ] , →OCLC :Yet even now I had not drunk the bitter potion to the dregs ; I was not yet persuaded of my loss; I did not yet feel in every pulsation, in every nerve, in every thought, that I remained alone of my race - that I was The Last Man.
Usage notes [ edit ]
The singular form dreg is far less common, but the phrase to the last dreg still has currency.
Synonyms [ edit ]
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debris , deposit , draff , dross , exuviate , feculence , grounds , grouts , lees , loser , orts , outcast , rabble , refuse , residue , residuum , riffraff , rubbish , scum , sediment , settling , trash , trub
Derived terms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
settled sediment
Afrikaans: afsaksel
Armenian: տականք (hy) ( takankʻ ) , մրուր (hy) ( mrur ) , դիրտ (hy) ( dirt ) , նստվածք (hy) ( nstvackʻ )
Catalan: pòsit (ca) m , solatge m
Chuvash: лӗкӗ ( lĕk̬ĕ )
Czech: sedlina (cs) f
Dutch: bezinksel (nl) n , droesem (nl) m
Esperanto: feĉo
Finnish: sakka (fi) , porot (fi) pl
French: lie (fr) f
Gagauz: çöküntü
Galician: borra (gl) f
Georgian: ცხიმოვანი ნარჩენები ( cximovani narčenebi )
German: Bodensatz (de) m , Satz (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: τρύξ f sg ( trúx )
Hebrew: מִשְׁקָע (he) m
Icelandic: dreggjar m pl , botnfall (is) n
Ingrian: rapa
Irish: moirt f , dríodar m , amhaisc f ( literary )
Italian: sedimento (it)
Komi-Zyrian: гудыр ( gudyr ) , неджӧг ( ńedžög ) , пуксьӧм ( pukśöm )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: تِڵپ ( tillp ) , تِڵپە ( tillpe ) , تِڵف ( tillf ) , تِڵتە ( tillte )
Southern Kurdish: سِڵپ ( sillp )
Latin: faex f
Latvian: duļķes f pl
Maori: waipara , whaipara
Mari:
Eastern Mari: куча ( kuča ) , шундем ( šundem ) , шундык ( šundyk ) , румбык ( rumbyk )
Western Mari: рӹвӹнзӹк ( rÿvÿnzÿk ) , ӹрвӹнзӹк ( ÿrvÿnzÿk )
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Ottoman Turkish: تلوه ( telve )
Persian: لرد (fa) ( lerd ) , درد (fa) ( dord )
Polish: fusy (pl) pl
Portuguese: borra (pt) f
Romanian: zaț (ro) n , drojdie (ro) f , sediment (ro) n
Russian: оса́док (ru) m ( osádok ) , отсто́й (ru) m ( otstój ) , отбро́сы (ru) m pl ( otbrósy ) , муть (ru) f ( mutʹ ) , гу́ща (ru) f ( gúšča )
Sardinian: feche , feghe , fexa , fexi
Scottish Gaelic: grùid f , drabhas m , druaip f
Serbo-Croatian: talog (sh) m
Spanish: poso (es) m , concho (es) f , hez (es) f , depósito (es)
Swedish: bottensats (sv) c , drägg (sv) c
Tajik: дурда ( durda ) , таҳшин ( tahšin ) , шитта ( šitta )
Udmurt: маял ( majal ) , пыды ( pydy ) , напра ( napra )
Ukrainian: гу́ща f ( húšča )
Vietnamese: cặn (vi)
Welsh: gwaddod m , gwaelodion m pl , sorod pl
Yiddish: הושטשע f ( hushtshe )
the worst and lowest
Armenian: տականք (hy) ( takankʻ )
Czech: vyvrhel m
Esperanto: aĉoj pl , aĉuloj pl (about people, derogatory )
Esperanto: feĉo
Finnish: pohjasakka (fi) , roskajoukko (fi) , roskaväki (fi)
French: lie (fr) f
German: Abschaum (de) m , Dreck (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: σκύβαλον n ( skúbalon )
Icelandic: sori m , úrhrak n
Italian: feccia (it) f
Latin: faex f
Portuguese: escória (pt) f
Romanian: drojdie (ro) f
Russian: отбро́сы (ru) m pl ( otbrósy ) , отре́бье (ru) n ( otrébʹje ) , подо́нки (ru) m pl ( podónki )
Spanish: escoria (es) f , mugre (es) f , hez (es) f
Swedish: bottenskrap (sv) n , drägg (sv) n (about people, derogatory ), avskum (sv) n
Vietnamese: cặn bã (vi)
Welsh: gwaddod m , gwaelodion m pl , sorod pl
Translations to be checked
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