straat

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Etymology[edit]

From Dutch straat, from Middle Dutch strate, from Old Dutch strāta, from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (street), from Latin strāta.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /strɑːt/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

straat (plural strate)

  1. street, road

Descendants[edit]

  • Swazi: sitaladi
  • Xhosa: isitrato, isitalato

Dutch[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch strâte, from Old Dutch strāta, from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (street), from Latin strāta, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (to stretch out, extend, spread).

The sense “strait” is a phono-semantic matching of Middle English streit, from Old French estreit, from Latin strictus. Compare German Straße.

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Noun[edit]

straat f (plural straten, diminutive straatje n)

  1. street, paved way
  2. (geography) channel, strait
    Straat Yucatan — the Yucatán Channel or Straits of Yucatán
    Straat (van) Malakka — Strait of Malacca

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