dr

See also: Dr, DR, dr., d'r, Dr., D.R., ḏr, and d:r

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

dr (countable and uncountable, plural drs)

1. (accounting) Abbreviation of debtor, debit

   Antonym: cr

2. Abbreviation of drive.
3. (informal) Abbreviation of doctor.
   • 1979 April 14, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14:

     Probably a real change would be the cure the drs can't find.

Anagrams

• -rd, R&D, RD, Rd., rd, rd.

Avokaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖ /

Letter

dr (uppercase Dr)

1. A letter of the Avokaya alphabet.

East Central German

Article

dr m (feminine de, neuter doas)

1. (Silesian, rare) the

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: der

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to drive away, to repel

Inflection

Conjugation of dr (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: dr, geminated stem: drr

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
dr	drw, dr	drt	dr, j.dr	dr, j.dr

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
dr	ḥr dr	m dr	r dr

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	dr.n	drw, dr	consecutive	dr.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	drt
perfective3	dr	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	dr.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	dr, j.dr1	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	dr	drr	potentialis1	dr.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	dr, j.dr1	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	dr.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	dr	active + .tj1, .tw2	dr	drr, drrj6, dr2, drw2 5, dry2 5
imperfective	j.dr1, dr, dry, drw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	j.dr1, j.drw1 5, dr, drj6, dry6	dr, drw5
prospective	dr, drtj7	—	drtj4, drt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 170.

Indonesian

Preposition

dr

1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of dari.

Maore Comorian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖ /

Letter

dr (upper case Dr)

1. A letter of the Maore Comorian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔk.tɔr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔktɔr

Noun

dr m pers

1. (medicine) Abbreviation of doktor.

Declension

Two declensions are allowed:

Declension of dr

	singular	plural
nominative	dr	drowie
genitive	dra	drów
dative	drowi	drom
accusative	dra	drów
instrumental	drem	drami
locative	drze	drach
vocative	drze	drowie

or

Declension of dr

	singular	plural
nominative	dr	dr dr
genitive	dr.	dr. dr.
dative	dr.	dr. dr.
accusative	dr.	dr. dr.
instrumental	dr.	dr. dr.
locative	dr.	dr. dr.
vocative	dr.	dr. dr.

Noun

dr f (indeclinable)

1. (medicine) Abbreviation of doktor.

Further reading

• dr in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dr in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Alternative forms

• d:r

Noun

dr

1. Dr; Abbreviation of doktor.

Related terms

• fil dr
• med dr
• tekn dr
• teol dr

 

See also

• dir
• hc
• kand
• lic
• mag