dres

See also: DREs, dreš, and dřeš

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish dres, drys, soft mutation of an unstressed form of treus. Compare Welsh dros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɛz/

Preposition

dres

1. beyond, past
2. during, over, in the course of
3. through

Inflection

Inflection of dres

		singular	plural
1st person		dresov	dreson
2nd person		dresos	dresowgh
3rd person	m	dresto	dresti
	f	dresta

Mutation

Mutation of dres

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
dres	dhres	unchanged	tres	tres	tres

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Polish

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Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from dress, from Middle English dressen, dresse, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French dresser, drecier, from Late Latin *directiare, from Latin dīrēctus, from dīrigō, from dis- + regō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɛs/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛs
• Syllabification: dres

Noun

dres m inan (diminutive dresik)

1. sweatsuit, tracksuit

   Synonym: dresy

Declension

Declension of dres

	singular	plural
nominative	dres	dresy
genitive	dresu	dresów
dative	dresowi	dresom
accusative	dres	dresy
instrumental	dresem	dresami
locative	dresie	dresach
vocative	dresie	dresy

Noun

dres m pers

1. (colloquial, derogatory) chav (member of a subculture of young males who live in urban tower blocks or tenement houses and are often seen as undereducated, unemployed, aggressive, and anti-social)

   Synonym: dresiarz

Declension

Declension of dres

	singular	plural
nominative	dres	dresi/dresy (deprecative)
genitive	dresa	dresów
dative	dresowi	dresom
accusative	dresa	dresów
instrumental	dresem	dresami
locative	dresie	dresach
vocative	dresie	dresi

Derived terms

adjective

• dresowy

nouns

• dresiara
• dresiarz
• dresy

Related terms

adjective

• dresiarski

adverb

• dresiarsko

noun

• dresiarstwo

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology 1

Verb

dres (past participle of drege)

1. past participle of drege

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English dress. Doublet of direct.

Noun

dres n (plural dresuri)

1. pantyhose, tights

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dres	dresul		dresuri	dresurile
genitive-dative	dres	dresului		dresuri	dresurilor
vocative	dresule			dresurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from dress.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drês/

Noun

drȅs m inan (Cyrillic spelling дре̏с)

1. tracksuit

Declension

Declension of dres

	singular	plural
nominative	drȅs	drèsovi
genitive	drèsa	dresova
dative	dresu	dresovima
accusative	dres	dresove
vocative	dresu	dresovi
locative	dresu	dresovima
instrumental	dresom	dresovima

Further reading

• “dres”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from English dress.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dréːs/

Noun

drẹ̑s m inan

1. tracksuit

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	dres
gen. sing.	dresa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	dres	dresa	dresi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	dresa	dresov	dresov
dative (dajȃlnik)	dresu	dresoma	dresom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	dres	dresa	drese
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	dresu	dresih	dresih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	dresom	dresoma	dresi

Further reading

• “dres”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “dres”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references