dreary

Significat (Anglès)

Freqüència

C2
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈdɹɪɹi/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From Middle English drery, from Old English drēoriġ (“sad”), from Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz (“bloody”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews- (“to break, break off, crumble”), equivalent to drear + -y. Cognate with Dutch treurig (“sad, gloomy”), Low German trurig (“sad”), German traurig (“sad, sorrowful, mournful”), Old Norse dreyrigr (“bloody”). Related to Old English drēor (“blood, falling blood”), Old English drysmian (“to become gloomy”).

Millora la teva pronunciació

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes