dret
French, adjective/dʁɛ/
dret is spelled D-R-E-T (4 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dret is a French adjective meaning “(slang) form of droit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de droit”.
What does dret mean in English?
adjective
- 1
obsolete(slang) form of droit
adverb
- 1
obsoleteexactly, precisely
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Variante de droit.
adverb: 1. Justement, exactement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dret
- drette feminine
- drets masculine plural
- drettes feminine plural
- dreit alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dret?
- /dʁɛ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dret in French?
dret appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).