"drow" meaning in English

See drow in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɹəʊ/ [UK], /dɹaʊ/ [UK], /dɹoʊ/ [US], /dɹaʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drow.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drow2.wav Forms: drow [plural], trow [alternative]
Rhymes: -əʊ, -aʊ Etymology: From Shetlandic and Orcadian Scots drow, from Norn *drou, *drau (compare 18th c. Norwegian drau, modern drov, drauv), alternatively *drog, from Old Norse draugr (“malevolent revenant”); along the variation trow, intermixed with Norn troll, from Old Norse trǫll (“troll, malevolent supernatural being”), a partial synonym to draugr. L-vocalisation occurred in the early 15th century in Middle Scots, so trolly, knolls probably became *trowie, knowes around this time. Etymology templates: {{der|en|sco|drow}} Scots drow, {{der|en|nrn|*drou}} Norn *drou, {{cog|no|drau}} Norwegian drau, {{der|en|non|draugr||malevolent revenant}} Old Norse draugr (“malevolent revenant”), {{der|en|nrn|troll}} Norn troll, {{der|en|non|trǫll||troll, malevolent supernatural being}} Old Norse trǫll (“troll, malevolent supernatural being”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|*}} drow (countable and uncountable, plural drow)
  1. (Orkney, Shetland, mythology, dated, countable) A member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll.
    (folklore, Shetland) “hidden people” (Faroese huldufólk, Norwegian huldrefolk), subterraneans (Norwegian underjordiske, Swedish underjordiska, Gutnish di sma undar jordi), fairies, “troll-folk”, and thereof (Swedish oknytt)
    Tags: Orkney, Shetland, countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-drow-en-noun-g0arz~S7 Categories (other): Orkney English, Shetland English, Folklore, Mythology, Orkney English, Shetland English Disambiguation of Orkney English: 29 29 29 4 9 Disambiguation of Shetland English: 28 28 28 5 12 Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, publishing, sciences
  2. (Orkney, Shetland, mythology, dated, countable) A member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll.
    (folklore, Shetland) ghost; cognate to Scandinavian folklore of gnomes, wights, trolls, etc, being supernatural ghosts
    Tags: Orkney, Shetland, countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-drow-en-noun-xwPjBIs0 Categories (other): Orkney English, Shetland English, Folklore, Mythology, Orkney English, Shetland English Disambiguation of Orkney English: 29 29 29 4 9 Disambiguation of Shetland English: 28 28 28 5 12 Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, publishing, sciences
  3. (Orkney, Shetland, mythology, dated, countable) A member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll.
    (folklore, Orkney) “The devil”, cognate to Scanian dråe (“devil”).
    Tags: Orkney, Shetland, countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-drow-en-noun-GplwT59V Categories (other): Orkney English, Shetland English, Folklore, Mythology, Orkney English, Shetland English Disambiguation of Orkney English: 29 29 29 4 9 Disambiguation of Shetland English: 28 28 28 5 12 Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, publishing, sciences
  4. (fantasy roleplaying games, countable) A member of a fictional race of dark elves in various fantasy settings, such as Dungeons & Dragons. Tags: countable Synonyms (member of fictional race): dark elf
    Sense id: en-drow-en-noun-jsqfp3FE Categories (other): Fantasy, Role-playing games, Dungeons & Dragons Disambiguation of Dungeons & Dragons: 8 8 8 46 30 Disambiguation of 'member of fictional race': 18 18 18 31 15
  5. (fantasy roleplaying games, uncountable) A fictional constructed language spoken by the Drow. Tags: uncountable Translations (Drow language): ड्राउ (ḍrāu) [feminine] (Marathi)
    Sense id: en-drow-en-noun-9sVLpHuU Categories (other): Fantasy, Role-playing games, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Shetland English, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Mythological creatures Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 16 16 17 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 20 20 14 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 14 14 14 16 28 6 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 16 16 18 24 5 1 2 2 Disambiguation of Shetland English: 28 28 28 5 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 14 14 12 46 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 16 16 11 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 18 15 15 11 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 16 16 16 11 40 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 16 16 16 17 35 Disambiguation of 'Drow language': 9 9 9 11 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: drider Translations (fictional dark elf): drow (Finnish), musta haltia (Finnish), drow [feminine, masculine] (French), sötéttünde (Hungarian), ड्राउ (ḍrāu) [masculine] (Marathi)
Disambiguation of 'fictional dark elf': 13 13 13 29 31

Alternative forms

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    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms derived from Norn",
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    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
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    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊ",
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    "Rhymes:English/əʊ",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊ/1 syllable",
    "Shetland English",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Marathi translations",
    "en:Dungeons & Dragons",
    "en:Mythological creatures"
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    {
      "word": "drider"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sco",
        "3": "drow"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots drow",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nrn",
        "3": "*drou"
      },
      "expansion": "Norn *drou",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "drau"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian drau",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "draugr",
        "4": "",
        "5": "malevolent revenant"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse draugr (“malevolent revenant”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nrn",
        "3": "troll"
      },
      "expansion": "Norn troll",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "trǫll",
        "4": "",
        "5": "troll, malevolent supernatural being"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse trǫll (“troll, malevolent supernatural being”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Shetlandic and Orcadian Scots drow, from Norn *drou, *drau (compare 18th c. Norwegian drau, modern drov, drauv), alternatively *drog, from Old Norse draugr (“malevolent revenant”); along the variation trow, intermixed with Norn troll, from Old Norse trǫll (“troll, malevolent supernatural being”), a partial synonym to draugr. L-vocalisation occurred in the early 15th century in Middle Scots, so trolly, knolls probably became *trowie, knowes around this time.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "drow",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trow",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "*"
      },
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English dated terms",
        "Orkney English",
        "Shetland English",
        "en:Folklore",
        "en:Mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll.",
        "“hidden people” (Faroese huldufólk, Norwegian huldrefolk), subterraneans (Norwegian underjordiske, Swedish underjordiska, Gutnish di sma undar jordi), fairies, “troll-folk”, and thereof (Swedish oknytt)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Orkney",
          "Orkney"
        ],
        [
          "Shetland",
          "Shetland"
        ],
        [
          "troll",
          "troll"
        ],
        [
          "folklore",
          "folklore"
        ],
        [
          "huldufólk",
          "huldufólk#Faroese"
        ],
        [
          "huldrefolk",
          "huldrefolk#Norwegian"
        ],
        [
          "subterranean",
          "subterranean"
        ],
        [
          "underjordiske",
          "underjordiske#Norwegian"
        ],
        [
          "underjordiska",
          "underjordiska#Swedish"
        ],
        [
          "di sma undar jordi",
          "di sma undar jordi#Gutnish"
        ],
        [
          "fairies",
          "fairy"
        ],
        [
          "oknytt",
          "oknytt#Swedish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Orkney, Shetland, mythology, dated, countable) A member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll.",
        "(folklore, Shetland) “hidden people” (Faroese huldufólk, Norwegian huldrefolk), subterraneans (Norwegian underjordiske, Swedish underjordiska, Gutnish di sma undar jordi), fairies, “troll-folk”, and thereof (Swedish oknytt)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Orkney",
        "Shetland",
        "countable",
        "dated",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "folklore",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "publishing",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English dated terms",
        "Orkney English",
        "Shetland English",
        "en:Folklore",
        "en:Mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll.",
        "ghost; cognate to Scandinavian folklore of gnomes, wights, trolls, etc, being supernatural ghosts"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Orkney",
          "Orkney"
        ],
        [
          "Shetland",
          "Shetland"
        ],
        [
          "troll",
          "troll"
        ],
        [
          "folklore",
          "folklore"
        ],
        [
          "ghost",
          "ghost"
        ],
        [
          "gnome",
          "gnome"
        ],
        [
          "wight",
          "wight"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Orkney, Shetland, mythology, dated, countable) A member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll.",
        "(folklore, Shetland) ghost; cognate to Scandinavian folklore of gnomes, wights, trolls, etc, being supernatural ghosts"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Orkney",
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        "dated",
        "uncountable"
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      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "folklore",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "publishing",
        "sciences"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "English dated terms",
        "Orkney English",
        "Shetland English",
        "en:Folklore",
        "en:Mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll.",
        "“The devil”, cognate to Scanian dråe (“devil”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Orkney",
          "Orkney"
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        [
          "Shetland",
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        [
          "troll",
          "troll"
        ],
        [
          "folklore",
          "folklore"
        ],
        [
          "devil",
          "devil"
        ],
        [
          "dråe",
          "dråe#Scanian"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Orkney, Shetland, mythology, dated, countable) A member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll.",
        "(folklore, Orkney) “The devil”, cognate to Scanian dråe (“devil”)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Orkney",
        "Shetland",
        "countable",
        "dated",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "folklore",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "publishing",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "en:Fantasy",
        "en:Role-playing games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A member of a fictional race of dark elves in various fantasy settings, such as Dungeons & Dragons."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fantasy",
          "fantasy"
        ],
        [
          "roleplaying game",
          "roleplaying game"
        ],
        [
          "elves",
          "elf"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "fantasy roleplaying games",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fantasy roleplaying games, countable) A member of a fictional race of dark elves in various fantasy settings, such as Dungeons & Dragons."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Fantasy",
        "en:Role-playing games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A fictional constructed language spoken by the Drow."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fantasy",
          "fantasy"
        ],
        [
          "roleplaying game",
          "roleplaying game"
        ],
        [
          "constructed language",
          "constructed language"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "fantasy roleplaying games",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fantasy roleplaying games, uncountable) A fictional constructed language spoken by the Drow."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɹəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɹaʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɹoʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɹaʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "member of fictional race",
      "word": "dark elf"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "fictional dark elf",
      "word": "drow"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "fictional dark elf",
      "word": "musta haltia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "fictional dark elf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "drow"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "fictional dark elf",
      "word": "sötéttünde"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "lang_code": "mr",
      "roman": "ḍrāu",
      "sense": "fictional dark elf",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ड्राउ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "lang_code": "mr",
      "roman": "ḍrāu",
      "sense": "Drow language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ड्राउ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drow"
}

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