drab

Pronunciation




Etymology 1
Probably from and, either:


 * from, most likely from , from ; or
 * from, , from , , from , from.

The English word is cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) A fabric, usually of thick cotton or wool, having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour.
 * 2) The colour of this fabric.
 * 3) Often in the  form : apparel, especially trousers, made from this fabric.
 * 4)  A dull or uninteresting appearance or situation, unremarkable.
 * 1) Often in the  form : apparel, especially trousers, made from this fabric.
 * 2)  A dull or uninteresting appearance or situation, unremarkable.
 * 1) Often in the  form : apparel, especially trousers, made from this fabric.
 * 2)  A dull or uninteresting appearance or situation, unremarkable.
 * 1) Often in the  form : apparel, especially trousers, made from this fabric.
 * 2)  A dull or uninteresting appearance or situation, unremarkable.
 * 1) Often in the  form : apparel, especially trousers, made from this fabric.
 * 2)  A dull or uninteresting appearance or situation, unremarkable.
 * 1)  A dull or uninteresting appearance or situation, unremarkable.
 * 1)  A dull or uninteresting appearance or situation, unremarkable.
 * 1)  A dull or uninteresting appearance or situation, unremarkable.

Derived terms

 * Russia drab

Translations

 * French: grosse toile écrue
 * Italian: ,


 * Czech: světle hnědá barva
 * French: -
 * Serbo-Croatian:


 * French:, aspect

Adjective

 * 1) Of the colour of some types of drabcloth: dull brownish yellow or dun.
 * 2)  Particularly of colour: dull, uninteresting.
 * 1)  Particularly of colour: dull, uninteresting.

Translations

 * Czech: světle hnědý
 * French:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:


 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Czech: fádní, nevýrazný, ošuntělý,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , , sans
 * French Canadian:
 * German: ,
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Maori: mākihakiha
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,

Etymology 2
The origin of the noun is ; compare 🇨🇬,, , and 🇨🇬, , and 🇨🇬, the latter three ultimately from 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬. The word is also likely to be related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1)  A dirty or untidy woman; a slattern.
 * 2)  A promiscuous woman, a slut; a prostitute.
 * 1)  A promiscuous woman, a slut; a prostitute.
 * 1)  A promiscuous woman, a slut; a prostitute.
 * 1)  A promiscuous woman, a slut; a prostitute.
 * 1)  A promiscuous woman, a slut; a prostitute.
 * 1)  A promiscuous woman, a slut; a prostitute.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:

Verb

 * 1)  To consort with prostitutes; to whore.

Etymology 3
Probably related to.

Noun

 * 1) A small amount, especially of money.

Etymology 4
en.

Noun

 * 1) A box used in a saltworks for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.

Etymology 5
Alteration of, possibly via the folk-etymological backronym "DRessed As a Girl" (with replacing ).

Noun

 * 1)   An instance of a transgender or non-binary person presenting as the gender corresponding to their sex assigned at birth instead of that corresponding to their internal gender identity (for instance, a trans woman dressed as a man).

Usage notes
In this sense, usually (though not always) refers to a trans woman presenting as a man.

Etymology
From, from , from , from. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  homicide

Etymology
, but probably related to 🇨🇬 (from 🇨🇬). Compare 🇨🇬.

First attested as 🇨🇬 in 1599.

Noun

 * 1) sediment, dregs
 * 2) goop, filth

Etymology
..

Noun

 * 1) ladder
 * 2) ladder cart
 * 1) ladder cart
 * 1) ladder cart

Etymology
, from,. .

Noun

 * 1)  large, imposing man
 * 2)  footman, foot soldier, henchman, servant

Noun

 * 1)  pawn

Noun

 * 1) medicine
 * 2) root