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dret

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See also: drèt

English

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dret

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

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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.

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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

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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)

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References

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  1. ^ dret”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

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French

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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

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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

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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

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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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