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Webster 1913 Edition

Drie

Drie

,
Verb.
T.
[See
Dree
.]
To endure.
[Obs.]
So causeless such drede for to
drie
.
Chaucer.

Definition 2024

drie

drie

Afrikaans

Afrikaans cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : drie
    Ordinal : derde

Numeral

drie

  1. (cardinal) three

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • drij (rare, in dialectal Belgian Dutch)

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle Dutch drie, from Old Dutch *thrie, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare German drei, West Frisian thrē, English three.

Numeral

Dutch cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : drie
    Ordinal : derde

drie

  1. (cardinal) three

Derived terms

Anagrams

Dutch Low Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately cognate to German drei.

Numeral

drie

  1. (cardinal) three

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Dutch thrīe, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /driə/

Numeral

drie

  1. three

Descendants

Etymology

From Dutch drie, from Middle Dutch dri, drie, from Old Dutch *thrie, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

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