dritto
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Contraction/syncopation of diritto, from Vulgar Latin *dērēctus (or from Late Latin drictus; compare French droit, Catalan dret, Romanian drept), from Latin dīrectus. Doublet of diretto.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dritto (feminine dritta, masculine plural dritti, feminine plural dritte)
- straight, direct
- upright, erect, straight
- right, right-hand
- Synonym: destro
- (knitting) plain, knit
- Antonym: rovescio
- (informal) crafty, sly
- Synonym: astuto
- obverse (side of a coin, medal or badge)
Derived terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]dritto
- straight, directly
- Synonyms: diritto, diretto, direttamente
Noun
[edit]dritto m (plural dritti)
- right side
- (knitting) plain stitch, knit stitch
- (tennis) forehand
- (informal) crafty person, sly person
Related terms
[edit]Old High German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *þriddjō.
Numeral
[edit]dritto
Descendants
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- Italian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Italian terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Italian terms inherited from Late Latin
- Italian terms derived from Late Latin
- Italian terms inherited from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian doublets
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Italian/itto
- Rhymes:Italian/itto/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian adjectives
- it:Knitting
- Italian informal terms
- Italian adverbs
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Tennis
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old High German lemmas
- Old High German numerals
- Old High German ordinal numbers