different between drate vs irate

English

Alternative forms

• drait (17?^th century); dret (18?^th century)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dr?t, IPA^(key): /d?e?t/

Verb

drate

1. simple past tense of drite

References

• “drite, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

• E-tard, adret, dater, derat, rated, tared, trade, tread

English

Etymology

From Latin ?r?tus (“angered, angry”), from irasci (“to be angry”), from ira (“anger, wrath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a???e?t/, /?a??e?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Adjective

irate (comparative irater, superlative iratest)

1. Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

   Synonyms: furious, infuriated, sore; see also Thesaurus:angry

Related terms

Translations

References

• irate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• irate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• irate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Artie, Tiare, raite, retia, terai

Italian

Adjective

irate f pl

1. feminine plural of irato

Anagrams

• ratei, reati, reità, tiare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i??ra?.te/, [i???ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i?ra.te/, [i????t??]

Adjective

?r?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?r?tus

References

• irate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press