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Polish
Etymology
Pseudo-anglicism, derived from dress, from Middle English dressen, dresse, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French dresser, drecier, from Late Latin *directiare, from Latin dīrēctus, from dīrigō, from dis- + regō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdrɛs/
- Rhymes: -ɛs
- Syllabification: dres
Noun
dres m inan (diminutive dresik)
- sweatsuit, tracksuit
- Synonym: dresy
Declension
Noun
dres m pers
- (colloquial, derogatory) chav (member of a subculture of young males who live in urban tower blocks or tenement houses and are often seen as undereducated, unemployed, aggressive, and anti-social)
- Synonym: dresiarz
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- dres in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- dres in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology 1
Verb
dres (past participle of drege)
- past participle of drege
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English dress.
Noun
dres n (plural dresuri)
- pantyhose, tights
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from English dress.
Pronunciation
Noun
drȅs m (Cyrillic spelling дре̏с)
- tracksuit
Declension
Slovene
Etymology
Borrowed from English dress.
Pronunciation
Noun
drẹ̑s m inan
- tracksuit
Declension
Further reading
- “dres”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024