dre

See also: DRE, Dre, dré, drę, dře, and Dre.

Albanian

Alternative forms

• (Tosk):
  • singular: drë (Arbëreshë), ndre (South Tosk, Arbëreshë)
  • plural: drenjtë (definite)
• (Gheg):
  • singular: drê
  • plural: drenë, drêna, drenj (indefinite)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *drani, identical to Hesychian ἀρανίς (aranís) (misspelling of δρανίς (dranís, “deer”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēn- (“drone, buzz”). Compare English drone, Ancient Greek θρήνος (thrḗnos, “lament”)).

Noun

dre m (plural drerë, definite dreri, definite plural drerët)

1. deer

Declension

Declension of dre

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dre	dreri	drerë	drerët
accusative		drerin
dative	dreri	drerit	drerëve	drerëve
ablative			drerësh

Derived terms

• drene, drenak, drenushë, dreth
• kacadre
• (Tosk) drere, ndreush
• (Gheg) drang, drenjmë

Related terms

• drenjë

See also

• kacamit

Cornish

Alternative forms

• der (used before vowels)

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *truɨ, from Proto-Celtic *trei, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-.

Preposition

dre (triggers soft mutation)

1. through, via
2. by means of

Ilocano

Etymology

Clipping of kompadre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɾe/ [ˈdɾe]
• Hyphenation: dre

Noun

dré (Kur-itan spelling ᜇ᜔ᜎᜒ) (Abra)

1. buddy, bro; close male friend

   Coordinate term: beh

2. Term of address to a fellow young male, especially a stanger

Usage notes

• It is a familiar term used by younger males to each other, sometimes women use it to address their heterosexual male friends.

Slovene

Verb

dre

1. third-person singular present of dreti

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dreː/

Noun

dre f

1. Soft mutation of tre.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tre	dre	nhre	thre
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.