straat

Significat (anglès)

1. (feminine) street, paved way
2. (feminine) channel, strait

Gènere

♀️ Femení

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/straːt/

Etimologia (anglès)

From Middle Dutch strâte, from Old Dutch strāta, from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (“street”), from Latin strāta, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to stretch out, extend, spread”).
The sense “strait” is a phono-semantic matching of Middle English streit, from Old French estreit, from Latin strictus. Compare German Straße.

Sents

Om er te geraken moet je de straat oversteken .

To get there, you have to cross the street.

De ruzie tussen de twee werd vervolgens uitgevochten op straat .

The quarrel between the two was then fought out on the street.

Het gehakt van de beenhouwer in de straat is beter dan het gehakt van de supermarkt .

The minced meat from the butcher in the street is better than the minced meat from the supermarket.