different between drite vs drate

English

Alternative forms

• dryte (15?^th–17?^th centuries), drytt (15?^th–16?^th centuries)

Etymology

From Middle English driten, from Old English dr?tan, from Proto-Germanic *dr?tan?. Cognate with Dutch drijten, Old Norse dríta, Norwegian drite, and Low German drieten; compare English dirt, Scots drite, and Middle English drit.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

drite (third-person singular simple present drites, present participle driting, simple past drote or drate or drit, past participle dritten)

1. (intransitive, obsolete except in dialects) To defecate.

Synonyms

• (to shit): See Thesaurus:defecate

References

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

Anagrams

• tired, tride, tried

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dríta, from Proto-Germanic *dr?tan?.

Verb

drite (imperative drit, present tense driter, passive drites, simple past dret or dreit, past participle dritet or dritt)

1. to defecate

References

• “drite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• drita (a infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse dríta, from Proto-Germanic *dr?tan?.

Verb

drite (present tense drit, passive drites, past tense dreit, supine drite, past participle driten, present participle dritande, imperative drit)

1. to defecate

References

• “drite” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Slovene

Verb

drite

1. second-person plural imperative of dreti

Venetian

Adjective

drite f

1. feminine plural of drito

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