Mallard drakeFromMiddle Englishdrake(“male duck, drake”), fromOld English*draca, abbreviated form forOld English*andraca(“male duck, drake”, literally“duck-king”), fromProto-West Germanic*anadrekō(“duck leader”). Cognate withLow Germandrake(“drake”),Dutchdraak(“drake”),GermanEnterich(“drake”). More atannet.
drake (pluraldrakes)
- Amaleduck.
male duck
- Arabic:
- Egyptian Arabic:دكر بط m(dákar baṭṭ)
- Asturian:coríu (ast),curru (ast),patu (ast)
- Belarusian:ка́чар m(káčar)
- Bulgarian:пато́к m(patók)
- Czech:kačer (cs) m
- Danish:andrik (da) c
- Dutch:woerd (nl) m,mannetjeseend f,draak (nl) m(obsolete)
- Eastern Khanty:ҷаҷ(č̣ač̣)(Vakh)
- Esperanto:viranaso,anasiĉo(neologism)
- Finnish:ankkakukko
- French:malard (fr) m,canardmâle m
- Galician:parrulo (gl) m,anitre m,lavanco (gl) m,pato m
- German:Erpel (de) m,Enterich (de) m,Entenmännchen n,männlicheEnte f
- Greenlandic:qeerlutooq angutiviaq
- Gutnish:and-drakä m
- Hungarian:gácsér (hu)
- Icelandic:andarsteggur (is) m
- Ido:anadulo (io)
- Indonesian:bebekjantan,itik jantan
- Irish:bardal (ga) m
- Italian:papero (it) m
- Japanese:雄鴨(おがも, ogamo)
- Kashmiri:بَطُخ m(batukh)
- Kazakh:кежек(kejek)
- Korean:수오리(suori)
- Kyrgyz:кежек(kejek)
- Latvian:pīļtēviņš
- Lithuanian:gaigalas (lt) m,añtinas (lt) m
- Low German:Woort (nds) m,Wart m,drake
- Macedonian:па́тор m(pátor)
- Middle English:drake
- Northern Khanty:шош(šoš)(Kazym)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål:andrik (no) m,andestegg m,hannand m orf
- Nynorsk:andrik m,andestegg m,andstegg m,hannand f
- Pashto:پتخ m(patax)
- Polish:kaczor (pl) m
- Portuguese:pato (pt) m,marreco (pt) m
- Romanian:rățoi (ro) m
- Russian:се́лезень (ru) m(sélezenʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic:ràc m,dràc m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic:па́так m
- Latin:pátak (sh) m
- Slovak:káčer m
- Spanish:pato (es) m
- Swedish:andrake (sv) c,ankbonde c(rare)
- Sylheti:ꠀꠃꠀ(aua)
- Thai:เป็ด (th)(bpèt)
- Turkish:suna (tr)
- Ukrainian:ка́чур m(káčur)
- Volapük:(♂ ♀)dök (vo),hidök (vo)
- Yiddish:קאַטשער m(katsher)
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FromMiddle Englishdrake(“dragon; Satan”), fromOld Englishdraca(“dragon, sea monster, huge serpent”), fromProto-West Germanic*drakō(“dragon”), fromLatindracō(“dragon”), fromAncient Greekδράκων(drákōn,“serpent, giant seafish”), fromδέρκομαι(dérkomai,“I see clearly”). CompareMiddle Dutchdrake andGermanDrache.Doublet ofdragon.
drake (pluraldrakes)
- Amayfly used as fishing bait.
- (poetic) Adragon.
2016, Anthony Ryan,The Waking Fire: Book One of Draconis Memoria:Clay caught sight of thedrake's wing outlined against the rising flames as it swept low over the desert.
- (historical) A small piece ofartillery.
1702–1704,Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, inThe History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the[Sheldonian] Theater, published1707,→OCLC:Two or three shots, made at them by a couple ofdrakes, made them stagger.
- Afierymeteor.
- c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” inGiles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):
- The moon’s my constant Mistresse
& the lowlie owle my morrowe.
The flamingDrake and yͤ Nightcrowe make
mee musicke to my sorrowe.
- Abeakedgalley, orVikingwarship.
drake
- plural ofdraak
FromOld Dutch*drako, an early Germanic borrowing ofLatindracō(“dragon”).
drāke m
- dragon,wyrm
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Inherited fromOld Englishdraca, aphetic form of*andraca, fromProto-West Germanic*anadrekō; compareende(“duck”).
drake (pluraldrakes)
- drake(maleduck)
Inherited fromOld Englishdraca, fromProto-West Germanic*drakō, fromLatindracō, fromAncient Greekδράκων(drákōn).Doublet ofdragoun.
drake (pluraldrakes ordraken)
- drake(dragon)
- (figuratively)Satan; theDevil.
- comet,shooting star
FromOld Norsedreki andMiddle Low Germandrake, fromProto-West Germanic*drakō.
drake m (definite singulardraken,indefinite pluraldraker,definite pluraldrakene)
- adragon
- akite
FromOld Norsedreki andMiddle Low Germandrake, fromProto-West Germanic*drakō.
drake m (definite singulardraken,indefinite pluraldrakar,definite pluraldrakane)
- adragon
- akite
- a type oflongship decorated with a dragon's head
- “drake” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “drake” in Ivar Aasen (1873)Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
FromOld Swedishdraki, fromOld Norse*draki (East Norse), fromProto-West Germanic*drakō. CompareOld Norsedreki (West Norse),Middle Low Germandrake.
drake c
- adragon
- akite
- a male duck,drake
1887 February 5, “Ankskötsel [Duck Husbandry]”, inWadstena Läns Tidning, number14,page 2:För att få deras ägg fröade, fodras 1drake till 2 ankor, eller 2 till 5, ochdrakarne måste ombytas åtminstone hvartannat år.- To ensure their eggs are fertilized, onedrake is required for two ducks, or two for five, andthe drakes must be replaced at least every other year.
- abelligerent (older) woman;battle-ax
