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dries.

fallow, fallow land

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/dris/
  1. fallow, fallow land

    masculine · no-diminutive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch driesch (“fallow”). Cognate with German Driesch. More distantly related to Latin terere (“rub”), Russian тереть (teretʹ, “rub”).

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