straat

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch straat, from Middle Dutch strate, from Old Dutch strāta, from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (“street”), from Latin strāta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /strɑːt/
Audio: (file)

Noun

straat (plural strate)

street, road

Descendants

→ Swazi: sitaladi
→ Xhosa: isitrato, isitalato

Dutch

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straat

Etymology

From Middle Dutch strâte, from Old Dutch strāta, from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (“street”), from Latin strāta, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to stretch out, extend, spread”).

The sense “strait” is a phono-semantic matching of Middle English streit, from Old French estreit, from Latin strictus. Compare German Straße.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /straːt/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: straat
Rhymes: -aːt
Homophone: Straat

Noun

straat f (plural straten, diminutive straatje n)

street, paved way
(geography) channel, strait
Straat Yucatan — the Yucatán Channel or Straits of Yucatán

Straat (van) Malakka — Strait of Malacca

Derived terms

- general:

- toponyms:

Descendants

Afrikaans: straat
- → Swazi: sitaladi
- → Xhosa: isitrato, isitalato
→ Indonesian: setrat
→ Sranan Tongo: strati
- → Aukan: sitaati, strati
- → Caribbean Hindustani: stráti
- → Saramaccan: sitááti

Anagrams

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