Doric

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• Received-Pronunciation: dŏrĭk
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɹɪk/
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• rhymes with -ɒɹɪk
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• CMU ARPABET: D AO1 R IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Ancient Greek Δωρικός (Dōrikós, “related to Dorians”). The senses referring to dialects of Scottish are thought to have come from the Scots’ rusticness associated with the Athenians’ view of Dorians as uncivilised.

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Polish: dorycki — relating to one of the Greek orders of architecture
• Armenian: դորիական (doriakan) — Greek dialect
• Asturian: doricu — Greek dialect
• Catalan: dòric — Greek dialect
• Czech: dórský — Greek dialect
• Danish: Dorisk — Greek dialect
• Dutch: Dorisch — Greek dialect
• Finnish: doorilainen murre — Greek dialect
• French: dorique — Greek dialect
• Galician: dórico — Greek dialect
• German: Dorisch — Greek dialect
• German: Dorismus — Greek dialect
• Greek: δωρική (dorikí) — Greek dialect
• Ancient Greek: δωρισμός (dōrismós) — Greek dialect
• Ancient Greek: Δωρισμός (Dōrismós) — Greek dialect
• Ido: Doriana — Greek dialect
• Interlingua: dorico — Greek dialect
• Italian: dorico — Greek dialect
• Japanese: ドーリス方言 (dōrisu hōgen) — Greek dialect
• Latin: Dōris — Greek dialect
• Norwegian: Dorisk — Greek dialect
• Polish: dialekt dorycki — Greek dialect
• Portuguese: dórico — Greek dialect
• Russian: дори́йский (doríjskij) — Greek dialect
• Russian: дори́ческий (doríčeskij) — Greek dialect
• Serbo-Croatian: дорски — Greek dialect
• Serbo-Croatian: dorski — Greek dialect
• Spanish: dórico — Greek dialect
• Tamil: டொரிக் (ṭorik) — Greek dialect
• Polish: dialekt dorycki — dialect of Scots