English Explanatory Dictionary

dreg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. singular of dregs (“sediment in a liquid”)

Pronunciation

/ˈdɹɛɡ/ [ˈdɹ̝ʷɛɡ] [ˈd̠ɹ̠˔ʷɛɡ] en-us-dreg.ogg /ˈdɹeɪ̯ɡ/ [ˈdɹ̝ʷeɪ̯ɡ] [ˈd̠ɹ̠˔ʷeɪ̯ɡ]

Word forms

dreg dregs

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse dregg (“sediment”), from Proto-Germanic *dragjō (whence also Icelandic dregg, Swedish drägg), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“sediment”); see also Latin fraces (“lees of oil”), Albanian ndrag (“to make dirty, foul”), dra (“sediments of dairy products or liquids”).

Derived words

dreggish dreggy dregless tofu-dreg
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