Druther

/ˈdrʌðər/ noun

Definition

A preference or choice; what you would rather do or have (usually used in the phrase 'I'd druther').

Etymology

From 'would rather' contracted and spoken as one word: would-ruther → druther. An informal American English word that developed from casual speech patterns in the 19th century.

Kelly Says

The word 'druther' is proof that language changes by accident—it started when Americans said 'would rather' so fast it slurred together, and then people started spelling it that way, and suddenly a new word was born.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ድሩት Hearth
diru-ther
ARالعربية
دروثر
drou-ther
BNবাংলা
ড্রুথর
droo-ther
CACatalà
druther
droo-ther
CSČeština
druther
droo-ther
DADansk
druther
droo-ther
DEDeutsch
druther
droo-ther
ELΕλληνικά
δρουθέρ
droo-ther
ESEspañol
druther
droo-ther
FAفارسی
دروثر
drou-ther
FISuomi
druther
droo-ther
FRFrançais
druther
droo-ther
GUGU
ડ્રુથર
droo-ther
HAHA
druther
droo-ther
HEעברית
דרותר
droo-ther
HIहिन्दी
ड्रूथर
droo-ther
HUMagyar
druther
droo-ther
IDBahasa Indonesia
druther
droo-ther
IGIG
druther
droo-ther
ITItaliano
druther
droo-ther
JA日本語
druther
どろーだ
KKKK
дүруте
dyru-te
KMKM
ឌ루ធ
droo-th
KO한국어
드루더
deureudeo
MRMR
ड्रूथर
droo-ther
MSBahasa Melayu
druther
droo-ther
MYမြန်မာ
ဒြူးသာ
druu-tha
NLNederlands
druther
droo-ther
NONorsk
druther
droo-ther
PAPA
ਦਰੂਥਰ
daroo-ther
PLPolski
druther
droo-ther
PTPortuguês
druther
droo-ther
RORomână
druther
droo-ther
RUРусский
друтер
dru-ter
SVSvenska
druther
droo-ther
SWKiswahili
druther
droo-ther
TAதமிழ்
ட்ரூதர்
troo-ther
TEతెలుగు
డ్రూథర్
droo-ther
THไทย
ดรูเธอร์
droo-ther
TLTL
druther
droo-ther
TRTürkçe
druther
droo-ther
UKУкраїнська
друтер
dru-ter
URاردو
دروثر
drou-ther
VITiếng Việt
druther
dru-ther
YOYO
druther
droo-ther
ZH中文
德鲁瑟
dé lǔ sèr
ZUZU
druther
droo-ther

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