drif

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch drift, from Middle Dutch drift, from Old Dutch *drift, from Proto-Germanic *driftiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drəf/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

drif (plural drifte)

1. urge, strong desire
2. fit of rage

Derived terms

• driftig

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɪːv]
• Rhymes: -ɪːv

Noun

drif n (genitive singular drifs, nominative plural drif)

1. driven snow
2. spindrift, spoondrift, seaspray
3. drive (motor that depends on a mechanism that stores potential energy for future use)
4. (computing) drive

Declension

Declension of drif (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	drif	drifið	drif	drifin
accusative	drif	drifið	drif	drifin
dative	drifi	drifinu	drifum	drifunum
genitive	drifs	drifsins	drifa	drifanna

Related terms

• drífa (“to drive”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From English drift, from Middle English drift, dryft (“act of driving, drove, shower of rain or snow, impulse”), from Old English *drift (“drift”), from Proto-Germanic *driftiz (“drift”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrɪf]
• Hyphenation: drif

Noun

drif (plural drif-drif)

1. (mining, engineering) drift: a passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel

Further reading

• “drif”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Middle English

Verb

drif

1. (Late Middle English, Early Scots) alternative form of dryven

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /driːf/
• Rhymes: -iːf

Verb

drīf

1. singular imperative of drīfan

Papiamentu

Etymology

Derived from Dutch drijven.

Verb

drif

1. to float

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːv

Verb

drif

1. imperative of drifva

Anagrams

• frid