drue

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German drūve (bunch). Compare German Traube (bunch, grape) (from Old High German drūbo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /druːə/, [ˈd̥ʁuːə]

Noun

drue c (singular definite druen, plural indefinite druer)

  1. grape (fruit)
  2. (formal, humorous) wine

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Further reading

French

Adjective

drue

  1. feminine singular of dru

Middle English

Adjective

drue

  1. Alternative form of drye

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German druve.

Noun

drue f or m (definite singular drua or druen, indefinite plural druer, definite plural druene)

  1. a grape (fruit)

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References

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German druve.

Noun

drue f (definite singular drua, indefinite plural druer, definite plural druene)

  1. a grape (fruit)

Synonyms

References

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English trewe, from Old English trīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *triuwī.

Pronunciation

Adjective

drue

  1. true
    • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:
      Ich aam a vat hog it's drue. Aar is ken apan aam.
      I am a fat hog, 'tis true. There is ken upon them.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 36
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