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Meaning of "drole" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DROLE

drole  [drəʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DROLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Drole is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DROLE


casserole
ˈkæsəˌrəʊl
control
kənˈtrəʊl
parole
pəˈrəʊl
patrol
pəˈtrəʊl
payroll
ˈpeɪˌrəʊl
rock-and-roll
ˌrɒkənˈrəʊl
role
rəʊl
roll
rəʊl
scroll
skrəʊl
stroll
strəʊl
Tirol
tɪˈrəʊl
troll
trəʊl
Tyrol
tɪˈrəʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DROLE

drogue
droich
droichy
droil
droit
droit de suite
droit du seigneur
droll
drolleries
drollery
drollish
drollness
drolly
dromedaries
dromedary
dromic
dromon
dromond
dromophobia
dromos

WORDS THAT END LIKE DROLE

banderole
barcarole
board of parole
controle
escarole
fumarole
gender role
leading role
multirole
on parole
profiterole
prole
pyrrole
rigamarole
rigmarole
safrole
speaking role
starring role
supporting role
title role

Synonyms and antonyms of drole in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «drole» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DROLE

Find out the translation of drole to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drole from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drole» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

drole
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

drole
570 millions of speakers

English

drole
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

drole
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

drole
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Drole
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

drole
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

drole
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

drole
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Drole
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

drole
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

drole
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

drole
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Drole
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Drole
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

drole
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

द्रोली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

drole
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

drole
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drole
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Drole
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

drole
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Drole
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Drole
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

drole
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

drole
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drole

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DROLE»

The term «drole» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.788 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DROLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «drole» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «drole» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drole

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DROLE»

Discover the use of drole in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drole and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Santa Clown
asked Drole looking up from his laptop. Chunga hurriedouttosee what the commotion was about and thenequallyfasthe hurried back witha scaredlook onhis face. “What is it?” asked Drole. Before Chunga could speakthe largefigureof a Glob ...
AM Sardar
2
Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film
It would reappear, greatly inflated, in Drdif de drame and Adieu Leonard, which his brother Pierre directed.55 Drole de drame did try to raise Groupe Octobre burlesque several notches. This time, among the marionettes one could count such ...
Dudley Andrew, 1995
3
Jacques Prévert: Popular French Theatre and Cinema
Drole de Drame was most revealing of the precise nature of Carne's strengths, suggesting that it was both the theatricality of the script together with his own sense of drama which contributed to the film's success. It was in this respect that the ...
Claire Blakeway, 1990
4
Queering Contemporary French Popular Cinema: Images and ...
For Nick Rees- Roberts, this can be explained by the emphasis on sexuality over ethnicity: Drole de Felix 'tends to focus on the protagonist's sexual identity at the expense of a fuller exploration of his mixed-race ethnicity' (2008, 25).
Darren Waldron, 2009
5
Reframing Difference: Beur and Banlieue Filmmaking in France
In Sauve-moi, Mehdi's relationship with Cecile is actually given the possibility of future development. As for Drole de Felix, the film's eponymous hero is attractive to both men and women, and develops a series of relationships in addition to his  ...
Carrie Tarr, 2005
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Introducing Semantics
To see this, let us once again take an example from French and consider the adjective drole, which can be defined in two different ways, shown in (29) a and b . (29) a. drole: (1) amusing, humorous (2) peculiar b. drole: (1) funny Is drole ...
Nick Riemer, 2010
7
Child of Paradise: Marcel Carné and the Golden Age of French ...
But beyond displaying infectious charm, Aumont's Billy — a character not present in Clouston's novel — assures the coherence of Drole de Drame as a political fable. With its entire plot triggered by the unexpected departure of a cook and a ...
Edward Baron Turk, 1989
8
Intersections: Fantasy and Science Fiction
L'histoire drole, the French, with their seemingly endless gift for tediously irrefutable analytic brilliance, call it. It is a histoire: every joke, every cartoon worth the cost of publication, is in fact a short story ("This guy walks into a bar, see? And he's ...
George Edgar Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin, 1987
9
Fireworks: Pyrotechnic Arts and Sciences in European History
Leibniz, “drole de pensée,” 768, trans. in Jones, The Good Life in the Scientific Revolution, 180. For a partial english translation of Leibniz's essay, see Wiener, “ Leibniz's Project.” 118. Leibniz, “drole de pensée,” 759, trans. in Wiener, “ Leibniz's ...
Simon Werrett, 2010
10
The Poetics of the Margins: Mapping Europe from the Interstices
Internal migration in Drole de Felix Drole de Felix centres on the eponymous hero's journey on foot across the French countryside, from the Channel port of Dieppe to Marseille and then beyond, to Corsica, as the film's end credits begin to roll.
Rossella Riccobono, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DROLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drole is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Le MSM craint-il une montée en force du PMSD ?
colo | 07/05/15. Pas drole. Dans campagne XD ti p dire dan reunion priver apres la mort Jagnat li ki pou vine PM. Bizin fer li rend visit Un pe pli souvent Ccid. «L'express.mu, Jul 15»
2
Fearless toddler laughs through her first aerobatic flight (VIDEO)
“C'est drole!” she screams in French in between giggle fits, which means “It's funny!” This four-year-old girl was given a special birthday present ... «Malay Mail Online, Jun 15»
3
4-Year-Old Daredevil Gets a Case of the Giggles During Terrifying …
... starts to take the plane upside down, she erupts in laughter while holding on tight. "C'est drole!" she screams in French in between giggle fits, ... «People Magazine, Jun 15»
4
Martine a bien changé !
Moi aussi je m'apelle romain krrrkrrrkrrr ta vu ça c'est drole hein krrrkrrrkrrr ! Qui me tend ça main que je me jette dessus ? Répondre à ce ... «Hitek.fr, Jun 15»
5
The Next Penelope review
... while Jane Austen would likely raise a drole, if bewildered eyebrow at Europress's attempt at turning Pride and Prejudice into a hidden object ... «Expert Reviews, Jun 15»
6
Pieta in the Toilet
While Franky's drole humour enlivens the hospital scenes and prevents the movie from becoming a morbid cancer drama, it's Sugisaki's role ... «Film Business Asia, Jun 15»
7
Paris Saved by a Bullitt
But until the bombing of Paris June 3, 1940, the blitzkrieg into Poland was followed by a quiescent sitzkrieg (or drole de guerre, as the French ... «Foreign Affairs, Jun 15»
8
BWW Reviews: Actor/Singer BILL A. JONES Knocks 'Em Dead at the …
He is so reserved and she so vivacious and funny, that together their mix was deliciously laid-back, drole and uber enjoyable. McDonald is a ... «Broadway World, May 15»
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Cannes: Gilles Jacob – How To Make It in Film
Dapper, drole, vigorous, Cannes Cinefondation president Gilles Jacob, now 84, kicked off Friday's Cinefondation awards ceremony greeting ... «Variety, May 15»
10
Couple exchange vows
Ministry of Justice representative Leba Drole said they were overwhelmed with the responses received from villages they visited over 17 days. «Fiji Times, Apr 15»

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