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drake en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • [ˈdɹ̝ʷeɪ̯k] ~ [ˈd̠ɹ̠˔ʷeɪ̯k]
  • /ˈdɹeɪ̯k/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts Proto-Germanic *anadz Proto-West Germanic *anad Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Germanic *rekô Proto-West Germanic *rekō Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō Old English *draca? ▲ Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō Old Saxon *anadrako Middle Low German drâkebor.? Middle English drake English drake From Middle English drake (“male duck, drake”), either from Old English *draca, *andraca (“male duck, drake”) or from Middle Low German drâke, andrâke, from Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō (“drake”, literally “duck leader”). Cognate with Low German drake (“drake”), Dutch draak (“drake”), German Enterich (“drake”). More at annet.

Meanings

  1. A male duck (bird).
    • A drake belonging to a chemist, having drunk water out of a copper vessel which had contained phosphorous, continued its amorous activities until death. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 202:

Forms

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drakes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

drakeskin · ducks and drakes · sheldrake · brown drake · drakelet · drakeling · duck on drake · wood drake

Descendants

draque

Translations (76)

kl qeerlutooq angutiviaq (male duck) · lt añtinas (male duck) · hu gácsér (male duck) · de Entenmännchen (male duck) · ja 雄鴨 (male duck) · ky кежек (male duck) · ga bardal (male duck) · lt gaigalas (male duck) · nl mannetjeseend (male duck) · lv pīļtēviņš (male duck) · pt marreco (male duck) · tr suna (male duck) · eo anasiĉo (male duck) · gd ràc (male duck) · gl pato (male duck) · cs kačer (male duck) · ro rățoi (male duck) · is andarsteggur (male duck) · ast coríu (male duck) · fr canard mâle (male duck) · sv andrake (male duck) · ast patu (male duck) · kk кежек (male duck) · be ка́чар (male duck) · de Enterich (male duck) · ko 수오리 (male duck) · enm drake (male duck) · nds Wart (male duck) · pl kaczor (male duck) · sh pátak (male duck) · nl draak (male duck) · eo viranaso (male duck) · uk ка́чур (male duck) · de männliche Ente (male duck) · gmq-gut and-drakä (male duck) · kca-nor шош (male duck) · it papero (male duck) · vo dök (male duck) · nn andstegg (male duck) · fr malard (male duck) · fi ankkakukko (male duck) · yi קאַטשער (male duck) · de Erpel (male duck) · arz دكر بط (male duck) · nds Woort (male duck) · sv ankbonde (male duck) · vo hidök (male duck) · sk káčer (male duck) · ps پتخ (male duck) · th เป็ด (male duck) · gl parrulo (male duck) · es pato (male duck) · nn andrik (male duck) · ast curru (male duck) · gl lavanco (male duck) · gl anitre (male duck) · mk па́тор (male duck) · nb andrik (male duck) · id itik jantan (male duck) · nn andestegg (male duck) · da andrik (male duck) · bg пато́к (male duck) · nl woerd (male duck) · nb hannand (male duck) · io anadulo (male duck) · ks بَطُخ (male duck) · ru се́лезень (male duck) · nds drake (male duck) · nn hannand (male duck) · sh па́так (male duck) · id bebek jantan (male duck) · syl ꠀꠃꠀ (male duck) · gd dràc (male duck) · nb andestegg (male duck) · pt pato (male duck) · kca-eas ҷаҷ (male duck)

wikipedia: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

drake en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • [ˈdɹ̝ʷeɪ̯k] ~ [ˈd̠ɹ̠˔ʷeɪ̯k]
  • /ˈdɹeɪ̯k/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

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, “to see clearly”). Compare Middle Dutch drake and German Drache. Doublet of dragon.

Meanings

  1. (poetic) dragon
    • Clay caught sight of the drake's wing outlined against the rising flames as it swept low over the desert. 2016, Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire: Book One of Draconis Memoria:
  2. (not universal, poetic) dragon ▸ lesser draconic creature
  3. beaked galley, or Viking warship
  4. (historical) small piece of artillery
    • Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger. 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:
  5. a fiery meteor (variously known as fiery serpents and dragons in many cultures)
    • The moon’s my constant Mistresse & the lowlie owle my morrowe. The flaming Drake and yͤ Nightcrowe make c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665)
  6. (archaic) mayfly
  7. (archaic) mayfly ▸ a mayfly used as fishing bait

Forms

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drakes Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

dragonfly · dragonfly

Deriveds

firedrake · seadrake · icedrake · green drake · proto-drake · eastern green drake · sea drake · earthdrake · nithedrake

Hyponyms

proto-drake · proto-drake

Synonyms

dragonship · drakefly · drakefly · dragon

Translations (8)

nl draakje (small dragon) · pt dragãozinho (small dragon) · fi lohikäärme (small dragon) · de Drache (small dragon) · pt drago (small dragon) · sv drake (small dragon) · gl dragonciño (small dragon) · pt dragonete (small dragon)