drac

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare Megleno-Romanian and Daco-Romanian drac.

Noun

drac m (plural drats)

  1. devil

See also


Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dracō (compare Occitan drac, Italian and Spanish drago, Romanian drac), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare also Catalan dragó, from the Latin accusative dracōnem.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈdɾak/
  • (file)

Noun

drac m (plural dracs)

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

References

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

French

drac de Beaucaire

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan drac, from Latin dracō. Compare the doublet dragon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʁak/

Noun

drac m (plural dracs)

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

Further reading


Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare Aromanian and Daco-Romanian drac.

Noun

drac m

  1. devil

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin dracō (dragon), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Word has changed meaning from “dragon”, balaur in Romanian, to “devil” (one of the meanings in Ecclesiastical Latin was that of “Devil”, however). Compare also Catalan and Occitan drac and the derived French drac. Doublet of Romanian dragon, borrowed from French. Compare Sicilian dragu.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

drac m (plural draci)

  1. devil

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Dracula
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