drif

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch drift, from Middle Dutch drift, from Old Dutch *drift, from Proto-Germanic *driftiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drəf/

• Audio:

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Noun

drif (plural drifte)

1. urge, strong desire
2. fit of rage

Derived terms

• driftig

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [trɪːv]
• Rhymes: -ɪːv

Noun

drif n (genitive singular drifs, nominative plural drif)

1. driven snow
2. spindrift, spoondrift, seaspray
3. drive (motor that depends on a mechanism that stores potential energy for future use)
4. (computing) drive

Related terms

• drífa (“to drive”)

Indonesian

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrɪf]
• Hyphenation: drif

Noun

drif (first-person possessive drifku, second-person possessive drifmu, third-person possessive drifnya)

1. (mining, engineering) drift: a passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.

Further reading

• “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.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /driːf/

Verb

drīf

1. singular imperative of drīfan

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch drijven.

Verb

drif

1. to float

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːv

Verb

drif

1. imperative of drifva

Anagrams

• frid