drif
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Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch drift, from Middle Dutch drift, from Old Dutch *drift, from Proto-Germanic *driftiz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
drif (plural drifte)
Derived terms[edit]
Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
drif n (genitive singular drifs, nominative plural drif)
- driven snow
- spindrift, spoondrift, seaspray
- drive (motor that depends on a mechanism that stores potential energy for future use)
- (computing) drive
Declension[edit]
declension of drif
Related terms[edit]
- drífa (“to drive”)
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English drift, from Middle English drift, dryft (“act of driving, drove, shower of rain or snow, impulse”), from Old English *drift (“drift”), from Proto-Germanic *driftiz (“drift”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
drif (first-person possessive drifku, second-person possessive drifmu, third-person possessive drifnya)
- (mining, engineering) drift: a passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
Further reading[edit]
- “drif” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Papiamentu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
drif
- to float
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -iːv
Verb[edit]
drif
- imperative of drifva
Anagrams[edit]
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