different between syrup vs dro

English

Etymology

From Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic ??????? (šar?b, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from ??????? (šariba, “to drink”). Related to sorbet, sherbet.Compare French sirop, Italian siroppo, sciroppo, Spanish jarabe, jarope, Portuguese xarope, and Dutch siroop and stroop.

The first known use of the spelling sirup was in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?.??p/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?.??p/, /?si.??p/, /?s?.?p/, /?s?.?p/
• Hyphenation: sy?rup
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

syrup (countable and uncountable, plural syrups)

1. Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavouring.
2. (by extension) Any viscous liquid.

3. (Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from "syrup of figs") A wig.

Alternative forms

• sirop, sirup, syrop (all obsolete)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Tsonga: sirapu
• ? Zulu: isiraphu

Translations

Anagrams

• pursy

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of hydroponic.

Noun

dro (uncountable)

1. (slang) Marijuana grown hydroponically.
   • 2005, Chamillionaire (featuring Krayzie Bone), "Ridin'", The Sound of Revenge:

     They upset for sho', cause they think they know / That they catching me with plenty of the drank and dro

Anagrams

• D. Or., Dor, Dor., ODR, Ord, RDO, Rod, d'or, dor, ord, rod

Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o/

Noun

dro

1. earth, soil

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "?De’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Ligurian

Etymology

de (“of”) +? ro (“the”, masculine singular determinative article)

Contraction

dro

1. Obsolete form of do: of the (masculine singular)

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?o/, [d?o?]

Verb

dro

1. second-person singular imperative of droen

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• drog

Verb

dro

1. simple past of dra

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dro?/

Noun

dro

1. Soft mutation of tro.

Verb

dro

1. Soft mutation of tro.

Mutation