dr

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dr"

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

dr (countable and uncountable, plural drs)

1. (accounting) Abbreviation of debtor, debit.

   Antonym: cr

2. Abbreviation of drive.
3. (informal) Abbreviation of doctor.
   • 1979 April 14, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14:

     Probably a real change would be the cure the drs can't find.

Anagrams

• -rd, R&D, RD, Rd., rd, rd.

Avokaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖ /

Letter

dr (uppercase Dr)

1. A letter of the Avokaya alphabet.

Dutch

Pronoun

dr

1. (text messaging) nonstandard form of d'r

Adverb

dr

1. (text messaging) nonstandard form of d'r

East Central German

Article

dr m (feminine de, neuter doas)

1. (Silesian, rare) the

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: der

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to drive away, to repel

Inflection

Conjugation of dr (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: dr, geminated stem: drr

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural dr drw, dr drt dr, j.dr dr, j.dr ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 dr ḥr dr m dr r dr suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect dr.n drw, dr consecutive dr.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative drt perfective3 dr active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 dr.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective dr, j.dr1 active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 dr drr potentialis1 dr.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive dr, j.dr1 active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect dr.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective dr active + .tj1, .tw2 dr drr, drrj6, dr2, drw2 5, dry2 5 imperfective j.dr1, dr, dry, drw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 j.dr1, j.drw1 5, dr, drj6, dry6 dr, drw5 prospective dr, drtj7 — drtj4, drt4 1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. 2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 3 Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. 4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular. 6 Only in the masculine. 7 Only in the feminine.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 170.

Indonesian

Preposition

dr

1. (text messaging) abbreviation of dari

Maore Comorian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖ /

Letter

dr (upper case Dr)

1. A letter of the Maore Comorian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔk.tɔr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔktɔr

Noun

dr m pers

1. (medicine) abbreviation of doktor

Declension

Two declensions are allowed:

Declension of dr

	singular	plural
nominative	dr	drowie
genitive	dra	drów
dative	drowi	drom
accusative	dra	drów
instrumental	drem	drami
locative	drze	drach
vocative	drze	drowie

or

Declension of dr

	singular	plural
nominative	dr	dr dr
genitive	dr.	dr. dr.
dative	dr.	dr. dr.
accusative	dr.	dr. dr.
instrumental	dr.	dr. dr.
locative	dr.	dr. dr.
vocative	dr.	dr. dr.

Noun

dr f (indeclinable)

1. (medicine) abbreviation of doktor

Further reading

• dr in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dr in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Alternative forms

• d:r

Noun

dr

1. Dr; abbreviation of doktor

Related terms

• fil dr
• med dr
• tekn dr
• teol dr

See also

• dir
• hc
• kand
• lic
• mag