"drier" meaning in English

See drier in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɹaɪɚ/ [General-American], [ˈdɹaɪɚ] [General-American], [ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ] [General-American, sometimes], /ˈdɹaɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drier.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dryer [alternative]
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree English dry English -er English drier From dry + -er (comparative suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|dry|-er<pos:comparative suffix><id:comparative>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English dry English -er English drier From dry + -er (comparative suffix). Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} drier
  1. comparative form of dry: more dry Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: dry (extra: more dry)
    Sense id: en-drier-en-adj-X~rxrW2w
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹaɪɚ/ [General-American], [ˈdɹaɪɚ] [General-American], [ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ] [General-American, sometimes], /ˈdɹaɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drier.wav [Southern-England] Forms: driers [plural], dryer [alternative]
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry + -er (agent noun suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|driere}} Middle English driere, {{suffix|en|dry|er||id2=agent noun|pos2=agent noun suffix}} dry + -er (agent noun suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} drier (plural driers)
  1. (chiefly UK, Canada) Alternative spelling of dryer. Tags: Canada, UK, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: dryer
    Sense id: en-drier-en-noun-c74bkex6 Categories (other): British English, Canadian English, English entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "driere"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English driere",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dry",
        "3": "er",
        "4": "",
        "id2": "agent noun",
        "pos2": "agent noun suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "dry + -er (agent noun suffix)",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry + -er (agent noun suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "driers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dryer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "drier (plural driers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "dryer"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Canadian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -er",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of dryer."
      ],
      "id": "en-drier-en-noun-c74bkex6",
      "links": [
        [
          "dryer",
          "dryer#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly UK, Canada) Alternative spelling of dryer."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "UK",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɹaɪɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdɹaɪɚ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɹaɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drier.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-drier.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-drier.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-drier.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-drier.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drier"
}

{
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "dry",
        "4": "-er<pos:comparative suffix><id:comparative>",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish dry\nEnglish -er\nEnglish drier\nFrom dry + -er (comparative suffix).",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish dry\nEnglish -er\nEnglish drier\nFrom dry + -er (comparative suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dryer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "comparative adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "drier",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "more dry",
          "word": "dry"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "comparative form of dry: more dry"
      ],
      "id": "en-drier-en-adj-X~rxrW2w",
      "links": [
        [
          "dry",
          "dry#English"
        ],
        [
          "dry",
          "dry#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɹaɪɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdɹaɪɚ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɹaɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drier.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-drier.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-drier.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-drier.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-drier.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drier"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English comparative adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs",
    "English entries referencing missing etymons",
    "English entries with etymology texts",
    "English entries with etymology trees",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -er",
    "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "driere"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English driere",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dry",
        "3": "er",
        "4": "",
        "id2": "agent noun",
        "pos2": "agent noun suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "dry + -er (agent noun suffix)",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry + -er (agent noun suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "driers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dryer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "drier (plural driers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "dryer"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "Canadian English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of dryer."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dryer",
          "dryer#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly UK, Canada) Alternative spelling of dryer."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "UK",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɹaɪɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdɹaɪɚ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɹaɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drier.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-drier.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-drier.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-drier.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-drier.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drier"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English comparative adjectives",
    "English entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs",
    "English entries referencing missing etymons",
    "English entries with etymology texts",
    "English entries with etymology trees",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English terms suffixed with -er",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "dry",
        "4": "-er<pos:comparative suffix><id:comparative>",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish dry\nEnglish -er\nEnglish drier\nFrom dry + -er (comparative suffix).",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish dry\nEnglish -er\nEnglish drier\nFrom dry + -er (comparative suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dryer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "comparative adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "drier",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English comparative adjectives"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "more dry",
          "word": "dry"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "comparative form of dry: more dry"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dry",
          "dry#English"
        ],
        [
          "dry",
          "dry#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɹaɪɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdɹaɪɚ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɹaɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drier.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-drier.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-drier.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-drier.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-drier.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drier"
}

Download raw JSONL data for drier meaning in English (4.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-06-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-06-01 using wiktextract (ade7ec3 and 7f4db16). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.