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Webster 1913 Edition

Drake

Drake

(drāk)
,
Noun.
[Akin to LG.
drake
, OHG.
antrache
,
anetrecho
, G.
enterich
, Icel.
andriki
, Dan.
andrik
, OSw.
andrak
,
andrage
, masc., and fr. AS.
ened
, fem., duck; akin to D.
eend
, G.
ente
, Icel.
önd
, Dan.
and
, Sw.
and
, Lith.
antis
, L.
anas
, Gr. [GREEK] (for [GREEK]), and perh. Skr.
āti
a water fowl. √207. In English the first part of the word was lost. The ending is akin to E.
rich
. Cf.
Gulaund
.]
1.
The male of the duck kind.
2.
[Cf.
Dragon fly
, under
Dragon
.]
The drake fly.
The
drake
will mount steeple height into the air.
Walton.
Drake fly
,
a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling.
The dark
drake fly
, good in August.
Walton.

Drake

,
Noun.
[AS.
draca
dragon, L.
draco
. See
Dragon
.]
1.
A dragon.
[Obs.]
Beowulf resolves to kill the
drake
.
J. A. Harrison (Beowulf).
2.
A small piece of artillery.
[Obs.]
Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of
drakes
, made them stagger.
Clarendon.

Drake

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
dravik
, W.
drewg
, darnel, cockle, etc.]
Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; – called also
drawk
,
dravick
, and
drank
.
[Prov. Eng.]
Dr. Prior.

Webster 1828 Edition

Drake

DRAKE

,
Noun.
[G., L, a duck.]
1.
The male of the duck kind.
2.
[L., dragon.] A small piece of artillery.
3.
The drake-fly.

Definition 2024

Drake

Drake

See also: drake

English

Proper noun

Drake

  1. A surname​, notably of Francis Drake (1540-1596).
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
    • 2004 Torey Hayden, Twilight Children, HarperCollins UK (2013), ISBN 0007370865, Chapter 4:
      Drake was not at all what I'd anticipated. His macho soap opera name had put me in mind of aristocrats or oversexed mallards.
  3. A city/town in North Dakota.

Anagrams

drake

drake

See also: Drake

English

Noun

drake ‎(plural drakes)

  1. A male duck.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English drake ‎(“dragon; Satan”), from Old English draca ‎(“dragon, sea monster, huge serpent”), from Proto-Germanic *drakô ‎(“dragon”), from Latin dracō ‎(“dragon”), from Ancient Greek δράκων ‎(drákōn, “serpent, giant seafish”), from δρακεῖν ‎(drakeîn), aorist active infinitive of δέρκομαι ‎(dérkomai, “I see clearly”), from Proto-Indo-European *derk-. Compare Middle Dutch drake and German Drache.

Noun

drake ‎(plural drakes)

  1. A mayfly used as fishing bait.
  2. A dragon.
    • J. A. Harrison
      Beowulf resolves to kill the drake.
  3. (historical) A small piece of artillery.
    • Clarendon
      Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger.
Synonyms
  • (mayfly): drake fly
Derived terms
Translations

See also

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek "drakon" and Old Norse dreki.

Noun

drake m ‎(definite singular draken, indefinite plural draker, definite plural drakene)

  1. a dragon
  2. a kite

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek "drakon" and Old Norse dreki.

Noun

drake m ‎(definite singular draken, indefinite plural drakar, definite plural drakane)

  1. a dragon
  2. a kite

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish draki, from Old Norse dreki, from Proto-Germanic *drakô ‎(“dragon”), from Latin dracō ‎(“serpent”), from Ancient Greek δράκων ‎(drákōn, “dragon”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɑːˌkɛ/

Noun

drake c

  1. dragon
  2. kite
  3. a male duck, drake
  4. a belligerent (older) woman; battle-ax

Declension

Inflection of drake 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative drake draken drakar drakarna
Genitive drakes drakens drakars drakarnas

Etymology

Originally a nickname from Old English Draca ‎(“snake, dragon”) or Middle English drake ‎(“male duck”). See drake.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɹeɪk/
  • Rhymes: -eɪk

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