drake

Betekenis (Engels)

A male duck.

Frekwensie

C1
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/dɹeɪk/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English drake (“male duck, drake”), from Old English *draca, abbreviated form for Old English *andraca (“male duck, drake”, literally “duck-king”), from Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō (“duck leader”). Cognate with Low German drake (“drake”), Dutch draak (“drake”), German Enterich (“drake”). More at annet.

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