drome

See also: Drôme, -drome, and 'drome

English

Etymology 1

From French, from Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “running”). Doublet of dromos.

Noun

drome (plural dromes)

  1. (obsolete) The crab plover, Dromas ardeola, of North Africa.

Etymology 2

Noun

drome (plural dromes)

  1. (informal) Alternative form of 'drome (“aerodrome”).
    • 2011, Derek John Mulvaney, Digging Up the Past, page 36:
      We then put on flying suits and boots to be driven to the plane – planes being widely dispersed around the drome in case of attack.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Noun

drome

  1. plural of droom

Dutch

Verb

drome

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of dromen

Anagrams

Manx

Adjective

drome

  1. eclipsed form of trome

Mutation

Mutation of trome
radical lenition eclipsis
trome hrome drome

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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