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 dīrēctus. 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 (Catalonia):

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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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “dret” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “dret”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁɛ/

Adjective

dret (feminine drette, masculine plural drets, feminine plural drettes)

1. (obsolete) (slang) form of droit
   • 1984, Honoré de Balzac, chapter XVIII, in La muse du département ; Un prince de la bohème‎^[1], page 98:

     Mais je ne sais rien, moi ! Je n’ai pas besoin de vous dire qu’il y a une sentinelle au dret de la tour.

     But I don't know anything! I don't need to tell you that there is a guard to the right of the tower.

Adverb

dret

1. (obsolete) exactly, precisely
   • unknown, French folk song, “Il était un p'tit cordonnier”‎^[2]:

     Quand à la maison il rentrait
     Sa petite femme il battait.
     Il la battait si juste
     Qu'il n'y'avait rien d' plus juste.
     Il la battait tout dret,
     Pas plus qu'il n'en fallait.

     When he'd come home
     He'd beat his little wife
     He beat her so fine
     There was nothing more fine
     He beat her so right
     No more than was needed

Alternative forms

• dreit

References

• “dret” in L’Internaute.

Friulian

Etymology

From Late Latin drictus, from Latin dīrēctus.

Adjective

dret

1. right
2. straight, direct

Related terms

• drečâ
• drete

Middle English

Noun

dret

1. (rare) alternative form of dred

Romansh

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Late Latin drictus, from Latin dīrēctus.

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 [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Fula Ordboken
• Slangopedia