drie

English

Adjective

drie

1. Archaic spelling of dry.

Anagrams

• Dier, IDer, Reid, dier, dire, ired, ride

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Afrikaans

Afrikaans cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : drie     Ordinal : derde

Pronunciation

• Audio (AF):

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Etymology

From Dutch drie, from Middle Dutch dri, drie, from Old Dutch *thrie, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

drie

1. three

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• drij (rare, in dialectal Belgian Dutch)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch drie, from Old Dutch *thrie, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dri/

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• audio (Netherlands):

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• Hyphenation: drie
• Rhymes: -i

Numeral

Dutch numbers ^(edit)

	30
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Cardinal: drie     Ordinal: derde

drie

1. three

Derived terms

• driedekker
• driehoek
• driekwart
• drieling
• drievoudig
• driewieler

Descendants

• Afrikaans: drie

Anagrams

• dier
• ried

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Dutch Low Saxon

Alternative forms

• drij

Etymology

From Middle Low German drî, drê from Old Saxon thrie.

Numeral

drie

1. three

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /driə/

Numeral

drie

1. three

Alternative forms

• dri

Descendants

• Dutch: drie
• Limburgish: drèè
• Zealandic: drie

Further reading

• “drie”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “drie”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Middle English

Adjective

drie (plural and weak singular drie, comparative *drier, superlative *driest)

1. Alternative form of drye

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Zealandic

Etymology

From Middle Dutch drie, from Old Dutch *thrie, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

drie

1. three