drake
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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.
Noun
drake (plural drakes)
Derived terms
Translations
male duck
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Etymology 2
From Middle English drake (“dragon; Satan”), from Old English draca (“dragon, sea monster, huge serpent”), from Proto-West Germanic *drakō (“dragon”), from Latin dracō (“dragon”), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent, giant seafish”), from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “I see clearly”). Compare Middle Dutch drake and German Drache. Doublet of dragon.
Noun
drake (plural drakes)
- A mayfly used as fishing bait.
- (poetic) A dragon.
- 2016, Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire: Book One of Draconis Memoria:
- Clay caught sight of the drake's wing outlined against the rising flames as it swept low over the desert.
- (historical) A small piece of artillery.
- 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater, published 1707, →OCLC:
- Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger.
- A fiery meteor.
- c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):
- The moon’s my constant Mistresse
& the lowlie owle my morrowe.
The flaming Drake and yͤ Nightcrowe make
mee musicke to my sorrowe.
- The moon’s my constant Mistresse
- c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):
- A beaked galley, or Viking warship.
Synonyms
- (mayfly): drake fly
Derived terms
- earthdrake
- eastern green drake
- firedrake
- icedrake
- nithedrake
- seadrake
- sea drake
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Afrikaans
Noun
drake
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *drako, an early Germanic borrowing of Latin dracō (“dragon”).
Noun
drāke m
Inflection
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Descendants
Further reading
- “drake”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “drake”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English draca, aphetic form of *andraca, from Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō; compare ende (“duck”).
Noun
drake (plural drakes)
Descendants
References
- “drāke, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old English draca, from Proto-West Germanic *drakō, from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Doublet of dragoun.
Noun
drake (plural drakes or draken)
- drake (dragon)
- (figuratively) Satan; the Devil.
- comet, shooting star
Descendants
- English: drake
References
- “drāke, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse dreki and Middle Low German drake, from Proto-West Germanic *drakō.
Noun
drake m (definite singular draken, indefinite plural draker, definite plural drakene)
References
- “drake” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- drakje (pre-1901 (Landsmål))
- drakkji, dragje, draga (dialectal)
Etymology
From Old Norse dreki and Middle Low German drake, from Proto-West Germanic *drakō.
Pronunciation
Noun
drake m (definite singular draken, indefinite plural drakar, definite plural drakane)
References
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish draki, from Old Norse *draki (East Norse), from Proto-West Germanic *drakō. Compare Old Norse dreki (West Norse), Middle Low German drake.
Pronunciation
Noun
drake c
- a dragon
- a kite
- a male duck, drake
- 1887 February 5, “Ankskötsel [Duck Husbandry]”, in Wadstena Läns Tidning, number 14, page 2:
- För att få deras ägg fröade, fodras 1 drake till 2 ankor, eller 2 till 5, och drakarne måste ombytas åtminstone hvartannat år.
- To ensure their eggs are fertilized, one drake is required for two ducks, or two for five, and the drakes must be replaced at least every other year.
- a belligerent (older) woman; battle-ax
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | drake | drakes |
| definite | draken | drakens | |
| plural | indefinite | drakar | drakars |
| definite | drakarna | drakarnas |
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