Dirt (sense 1, noun).
From Middle English drit ( “ excrement ” ) , from Old Norse drit ( “ excrement ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *dritą , *dritō ( “ excrement ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreyd- , *treydʰ- ( “ to have diarrhea ” ) . Cognate with Norwegian dritt ( “ excrement ” ) , dialectal Swedish dret ( “ shit ” ) , Icelandic drit ( “ bird excrement ” ) , Dutch drijten ( “ to defecate ” ) , drits ( “ dirt, mud, filth ” ) and drijt , dreet ( “ excrement ” ) , Low German drieten ( “ to defecate ” ) , Driet ( “ shit ” ) , regional German Driss ( “ shit ” ) , Old English ġedrītan ( “ to defecate ” ) . ( Can this (+ ) etymology be sourced ?)
dirt (usually uncountable , plural dirts )
( chiefly US ) Soil or earth .
A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance.
Synonym: filth
Previously unknown facts or rumors about a person.
Synonyms: gossip , kompromat
The reporter uncovered the dirt on the businessman by going undercover.
2011 , David Puttnam, Movies and Money , Vintage, →ISBN :Perhaps inevitably, as the manipulation of the stars' public images became ever more rigorous, so too did the efforts of gossip columnists such as Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper to uncover dirt and scandal.
( figurative ) Meanness; sordidness.
1810 , W. Melmoth, transl., Letters of Pliny :honours [ …] thrown away upon dirt and infamy
( mining ) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
Freckles .
1983 , Pat Phoenix, Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt [1] , page 158 :I'm one of Charlie's Angels too, but I'm the one with the dirt y face.
2005 , Kevin O'Hara, Last of the Donkey Pilgrims: A Man's Journey Through Ireland [2] , page 244 :a dirt y-faced redhead poked a soiled kerchief beneath my nose, and charmlessly wheedled, "Spare coppers, mister, Spare coppers!" This runny-nosed waif, a "knacker" in the Dublin vernacular, was of the traveling breed who had of late given up their painted wagons for the grimy ghettos of the city. The child -God Bless the Mark- had freckles that splotched her face as though God had applied them too hurriedly with a blunt brush.
2016 , Lindsay Bowman, To The Girls With Dirt On Their Faces [3] :Whatever you love about your freckles, they make you unique and beautiful. Don't always feel that you need to clean that dirt off your face with that foundation powder or contour layers. You're naturally beautiful as you are!
( archaic ) Excrement; dung.
soil or earth
Ahom: 𑜓𑜢𑜃𑜫 ( din ) , 𑜃𑜢𑜃𑜫 ( nin )
Ainu: トイ ( toy ) , コムン ( komun ) , トゥㇽ ( tur )
Akan: dɔte
Amis: 'oning
Arabic: تُرْبَة f ( turba )
Egyptian Arabic: تراب m ( torāb ) , طينة m ( ṭīnɑ )
Armenian: հող (hy) ( hoġ )
Assamese: মলি ( moli ) , ওখল ( ükhol )
Belarusian: бруд m ( brud ) , гразь f ( hrazʹ ) , зямля́ f ( zjamljá )
Bouyei: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: земя́ (bg) f ( zemjá ) , по́чва (bg) f ( póčva )
Burmese: ကြေး (my) ( kre: ) , အညစ်အထည်း (my) ( a.nyaca.htany: ) , အညစ်အကြေး (my) ( a.nyaca.kre: )
Catalan: terra (ca) f
Cherokee: ᎦᏓ ( gada )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 泥 ( nai4 )
Mandarin: 泥土 (zh) ( nítǔ ) , 污垢 (zh) ( wūgòu ) , 灰塵 / 灰尘 (zh) ( huīchén ) , 地 (zh) ( dì ) , 土 (zh) ( tǔ )
Dutch: aarde (nl) f
Evenki: няӈня ( ņaŋņa )
Finnish: maa (fi) , multa (fi) , tomu (fi)
French: terre (fr) f , boue (fr) f
Georgian: ტალახი ( ṭalaxi ) , მიწა ( mic̣a )
German: Erde (de) f , Boden (de) m , Dreck (de) m
Hebrew: עָפָר (he) m ( 'afar )
Hindi: गंदगी (hi) f ( gandgī ) , मैल (hi) m ( mail ) , मिट्टी (hi) f ( miṭṭī )
Hungarian: föld (hu)
Irish: salachar m , brocamas m
Isan: please add this translation if you can
Italian: terra (it) f
Japanese: 泥 (ja) ( どろ, doro ) , 土 (ja) ( つち, tsuchi ) , 泥土 (ja) ( でいど, deido ) , ( katakana ) ダート ( dāto )
Kapampangan: dinat
Khmer: ដី (km) ( dəy )
Korean: 진흙 (ko) ( jinheuk )
Kurdish:
Sorani: خۆڵ ( xoll ) , خاک (ckb) ( xak )
Lao: ຕົມ ( tom ) , ດິນ (lo) ( din )
Latin: caenum n , sordēs f
Lü: ᦡᦲᧃ ( ḋiin )
Luhya: buchafu
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Marathi: धूळ f ( dhūḷ )
Mongolian: шороо (mn) ( šoroo )
Navajo: łeezh
Nepali: कसिङ्गर ( kasiṅgar ) , धुलो ( dhulo ) , मैलो ( mailo )
Nong Zhuang: ndin
Northern Thai: ᨯᩥ᩠ᨶ
Norwegian: skitt m , jord (no)
Persian: خاک و خل (fa) ( xâk o xol ) , کثافت (fa) ( kesâfat )
Polish: ziemia (pl) f
Portuguese: terra (pt) f
Romanian: pământ (ro) n
Russian: грязь (ru) f ( grjazʹ ) , земля́ (ru) f ( zemljá ) , по́чва (ru) f ( póčva )
Sanskrit: मल (sa) ( mala )
Shan: လိၼ် (shn) ( lǐn )
Southern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Southern Altai: кир ( kir ) , балкаш ( balkaš ) , тобрак ( tobrak ) , јер ( ǰer )
Spanish: tierra (es) f
Sranan Tongo: doti
Swahili: takataka (sw)
Swedish: jord (sv) c
Tamil: சறடு ( caṟaṭu )
Telugu: మురికి (te) ( muriki )
Thai: ดิน (th) ( din )
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Tocharian B: krāke
Torwali: مَل ( mal )
Turkish: kum (tr) , toprak (tr)
Ukrainian: бруд (uk) m ( brud ) , земля́ (uk) f ( zemljá )
Vietnamese: bụi (vi) , đất (vi) , bùn (vi)
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: דרערד f ( drerd ) , שמוץ m ( shmuts ) , דרעק n ( drek ) , ערד f ( erd )
Zhuang: doem , namh
stain or spot (on clothes etc)
Arabic: بُقْعَة f ( buqʕa ) , قَذَارَة f ( qaḏāra )
Armenian: կեղտ (hy) ( keġt )
Bikol Central: ati (bcl)
Bulgarian: петно (bg) n ( petno ) , мръсотия (bg) f ( mrǎsotija )
Czech: špína (cs) f
Finnish: lika (fi) , tahra (fi)
French: salissure (fr) f , tache (fr) f
German: Dreck (de) m , Schmutz (de) m , Fleck (de) m
Hebrew: לִכְלוּךְ (he) m ( likhlúkh )
Hungarian: piszok (hu)
Italian: sporco (it) m
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: چڵک ( çillk )
Lao: ສິງປະດິກູນ ( sing pa di kūn ) , ໄຄ ( khai ) , ຮອຽດ່າງ ( hǭi dāng )
Latvian: netīrumi m pl
Marathi: मळ m ( maḷ )
Mongolian: даг (mn) ( dag ) , хир (mn) ( xir )
Norwegian: skitt m , smuss n , flekk (no) m
Persian: چرک (fa) ( čerk )
Polish: brud (pl) m
Portuguese: sujeira (pt)
Romanian: mizerie (ro) f , murdărie (ro) n
Russian: грязь (ru) f ( grjazʹ )
Spanish: mugre (es) f , suciedad (es) f
Swahili: takataka (sw)
Swedish: smuts (sv) c , lort (sv)
Tagalog: dumi
Telugu: మరక (te) ( maraka )
Turkish: leke (tr)
Welsh: baw m
dirt (third-person singular simple present dirts , present participle dirting , simple past and past participle dirted )
( transitive , rare ) To make foul or filthy ; soil ; befoul ; dirty