dret

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: drĕt, IPA(key): /dɹɛt/ Rhymes: -ɛt === Verb === dret Obsolete spelling of drate; simple past of drite. [18th century] === Anagrams === RDTE, RTed, retd, ret'd, retd., RDT&E == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Catalan dret, from Late Latin drictus, syncopated form of Latin dīrēctus. Cognate with Occitan drech, dreit, French droit, Sicilian drittu. Doublet of directe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈdɾe̞t] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈdɾət] IPA(key): (Central) [ˈdɾɛt] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈdɾet] === Adjective === dret (feminine dreta, masculine plural drets, feminine plural dretes) right; opposite of left Synonym: destre Antonyms: esquerre, sinistre straight (not crooked or bent) Synonym: recte Antonym: corb upright, erect, standing Synonyms: dempeus, vertical ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== indret === Noun === dret m (plural drets) right (something one is allowed to do) law (collectively, all the laws to which citizens are subject) law (the science) ==== Derived terms ==== drets humans === References === === Further reading === “dret”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “dret” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “dret”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dʁɛ/ === Adjective === dret (feminine drette, masculine plural drets, feminine plural drettes) (obsolete) (slang) form of droit === Adverb === dret (obsolete) exactly, precisely ==== Alternative forms ==== dreit === References === “dret” in L’Internaute. == Friulian == === Etymology === From Late Latin drictus, from Latin dīrēctus. === Adjective === dret right straight, direct ==== Related terms ==== drečâ drete == Middle English == === Noun === dret (rare) alternative form of dred == Romansh == === Alternative forms === dretg (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) === Etymology === From Late Latin drictus, from Latin dīrēctus. === Noun === dret m (plural drets) (law, Puter, Vallader) law === Adjective === dret m (feminine singular dretta, masculine plural drets, feminine plural drettas) (Puter, Vallader) right (direction) == Slovene == === Verb === dret supine of dreti == Swedish == === Etymology === Cognate with English dirt. === Noun === dret c (dialectal) shit (excrement; dirt, filth; (figuratively) crap) ==== Usage notes ==== Sometimes used as an intensifier, similar to skit- – dretfull means "shit-faced." ==== Declension ==== === References === “dret”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Fula Ordboken Slangopedia