drite
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English driten, from Old English *drītan, from Proto-West Germanic *drītan, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną. Cognate with Dutch drijten, Old Norse dríta, Norwegian drite, and Low German drieten; compare English dirt, Scots drite, and Middle English drit.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: drīt, IPA(key): /dɹaɪt/
- Rhymes: -aɪt
Verb
drite (third-person singular simple present drites, present participle driting, simple past drote or drate or drit, past participle dritten)
- (intransitive, obsolete except in dialects) To defecate.
Synonyms
- (to shit): See Thesaurus:defecate
Derived terms
References
- “drite, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
If the accent on the -e is correct, then from dritë with an -é suffix. First attested in 1763, coined by Nicola Chetta as a dictionary entry, and attested nowhere else.[1]
Noun
drité f
- (obsolete) (oil) lamp, candlestick
References
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “drite”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse dríta, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną.
Verb
drite (imperative drit, present tense driter, passive drites, simple past dret or dreit, past participle dritet or dritt)
- to defecate
References
- “drite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From the verb drita from Old Norse dríta.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²drɪːtə/, /²drɪtə/
Noun
drite f (definite singular drita, indefinite plural driter, definite plural dritene)
Derived terms
- rennedrite
- dritereig
- haredrite
Etymology 2
Verb
drite (present tense drit, past tense dreit, supine drite, past participle driten, present participle dritande, imperative drit)
- alternative form of drita (“defecate”)
Slovene
Verb
drite
- second-person plural imperative of dreti
Venetan
Adjective
drite f
- feminine plural of drito