dri

See also: DRI and D.R.I.

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin dē retrō. Compare Italian dietro, French derrière, and Venetian drio.

Preposition

dri

1. behind

Adverb

dri

1. behind
2. back

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *thrī, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /driː/

Numeral

dri

1. (Brabant) Alternative form of drie

Descendants

• Dutch: drij (southern, dialectal)

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Middle English

Adjective

dri

1. Alternative form of drye

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Old High German

Old High German cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : dri     Ordinal : dritto

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þrīz, whence also Old Saxon thrīe, Old English þrī, Old Norse þrír. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

dri

1. three

Descendants

• Middle High German: drī
  • Alemannic German: drüü, drü
  • Bavarian: drei

    Cimbrian: drai

  • Central Franconian: drei, dreij

    Hunsrik: drei

  • East Central German:

    Upper Saxon German: dreie

  • German: drei
  • Luxembourgish: dräi
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: drei

  • Vilamovian: draj
  • Yiddish: דרײַ (dray)

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed Dutch drie or from English three.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dri/

Numeral

dri

1. three