drac

See also:drać,dràc,drâc,drač,drač̣,drac',drąc,Drac,Drač,dráč,andдрач

English

Noun

drac(pluraldracs)

1. Clipping ofdraco.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• dracu,dãrac,darac

Etymology

FromLatindracō,fromAncient Greekδράκων(drákōn).CompareMegleno-Romanianand Daco-Romaniandrac.

Noun

dracm(pluraldrats,definite singulardraclu,definite pluraldratsljiordratsie)

1. devil
2. badman

Synonyms

• demun

Derived terms

• drãcoanji/drãcoanje
• draconje
• drãcos
• drãcuros
• drãcush

Catalan

Etymology

InheritedfromLatindracō(compareOccitandrac,Italian andSpanishdrago,Romaniandrac), fromAncient Greekδράκων(drákōn).Compare alsoCatalandragó,from the Latin accusativedracōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈdɾak]

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Noun

dracm(pluraldracs)

1. dragon
2. (heraldry)dragon(stylised representation)

Related terms

• dragó

References

• “drac”inDiccionari català-valencià-balear,Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

drac de Beaucaire

Alternative forms

• Drac,drack

Etymology

BorrowedfromOccitandrac,fromLatindracō.Compare the doubletdragon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/dʁak/

Noun

dracm(pluraldracs)

1. (mythology)a type ofmythologicalcreature associated with the dangers of water

Further reading

• “drac”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.
• Drac (démon)on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia^fr

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

FromLatindracō,fromAncient Greekδράκων(drákōn).CompareAromanianand Daco-Romaniandrac.

Noun

dracm

1. devil

Romanian

Etymology

InheritedfromLatindracō(“dragon”),fromAncient Greekδράκων(drákōn).Compare also Catalan andOccitandracand the derivedFrenchdrac.Doubletofdragon,which was borrowed from French. CompareSiciliandragu,Megleno-RomanianandAromaniandrac.

Pronunciation

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Noun

dracm(pluraldraci)

1. devil

   Synonyms:diavol,demon

   Drace!―Damn!

   La dracu'!―Damn it!

   (Mai) du-tedracu'!―Go to hell!

   Cedracu'?―What the hell?

   Ladracu-n praznic / la mamadracului.―In the middle of nowhere.

   Tot undrac/ acelașidrac.―Same thing.

   A băga (pe cineva) îndraci.―To scare (someone).(literally, “To put (someone) indevils.”)

   A face pedracu-n patru.―To make every effort.(literally, “To make thedevilin four.”)

   A aveadraci.―To be angry.(literally, “To havedevils.”)

   A da dedracu'.―To be in trouble.(literally, “To reach thedevil.”)

   Dracu'să te ia! / Lua-te-ardracu'!―Damn you!(literally, “May thedeviltake you!”)

   Dracu'să mă ia! / Lua-m-ardracu'!―I'll be damned!(literally, “May thedeviltake me!”)

   Pe dracu'.―Nothing / Anything.

   Dracu'!―Hell no!

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	drac	dracul		draci	dracii
genitive-dative	drac	dracului		draci	dracilor
vocative	dracule			dracilor

Derived terms

• drăcie
• drăcos
• drăcui

Related terms

• dragon

Descendants

• English:Dracula