dret

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: drĕt, IPA^(key): /dɹɛt/

Verb

dret

1. (18th century) Alternative spelling of drate; simple past tense of drite

Anagrams

• retd, retd.

Etymology

From Old Catalan dret, from Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *drēctus^[1], syncopated form of Latin dīrectus. Cognate with Occitan drech, dreit, French droit. Doublet of directe.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾət/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾɛt/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾet/

Adjective

dret (feminine dreta, masculine plural drets, feminine plural dretes)

1. right; opposite of left

   Synonym: destre

   Antonyms: esquerre, sinistre

2. straight (not crooked or bent)

   Synonym: recte

Noun

dret m (plural drets)

1. right (something one is allowed to do)
2. law (collectively, all the laws to which citizens are subject)
3. law (the science)

References

Further reading

• “dret” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

From Latin dīrectus, possibly through a syncopated Vulgar Latin form *drēctus.

Adjective

dret

1. right
2. straight, direct

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) dretg

Etymology

From Latin dīrectus, possibly through a syncopated Vulgar Latin form *drēctus.

Noun

dret m (plural drets)

1. (law, Puter, Vallader) law

Adjective

dret m (feminine singular dretta, masculine plural drets, feminine plural drettas)

1. (Puter, Vallader) right (direction)