drizzle

Signification (Anglais)

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈdɹɪz.l/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

Perhaps a back-formation from dryseling, a dissimilated variant of Middle English drysning (“a falling of dew”), from Old English drysnan (“to extinguish”), related to Old English drēosan (“to fall, to decline”), making it cognate to modern English droze and drowse. Compare also dialectal Swedish drösla.

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