strete

See also: stréte

Ido

Adverb

strete

1. narrowly, tightly

Related terms

• streta

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• streete, stret, strate, street, stræt

Etymology

Inherited from Old English strǣt, strēt, from Proto-West Germanic *strātu, from Late Latin strāta (“paved road”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /streːt/, /strɛːt/

Noun

strete (plural stretes or strete or (Early ME) streten)

1. A road or path connecting two settlements or other destinations.
2. A street; a road or pathway within or as part of a settlement.
3. A settlement; a conglomeration of habitations and shops.
4. (figurative) A choice or way of living; a doctrine.
5. (rare) A hallway or passage within a structure or building.
6. (rare) A porch or veranda; a covered deck.

Descendants

• English: street
• Scots: street, streit, stret
• → Breton: straed
• → Cornish: stret
• → Welsh: stryd

References

• “strẹ̄t(e (n.(2))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-01.