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English
Pronunciation
Verb
dret
- Obsolete spelling of drate; simple past of drite
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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan dret, from Late Latin drictus, syncopated form of Latin dīrectus. Cognate with Occitan drech, dreit, French droit. Doublet of directe.
Pronunciation
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
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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)
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Friulian
Etymology
From Late Latin drictus, from Latin dīrectus.
Adjective
dret
- right
- straight, direct
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Middle English
Noun
dret
- (rare) Alternative form of dred
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin drictus, from Latin dīrectus.
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