eider

From Icelandic æðar, genitive of æðr, probably reaching English via Swedish eider (now ejder), from a North Germanic root.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪdə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪdɚ/
• Rhymes: -aɪdə(ɹ)

eider (plural eiders)

1. Any of the species of Somateria spp. and Polysticta stelleri or of the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies).

   Synonym: eiderduck

• eider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “eider”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Polysticta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Somateria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Polysticta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Category:Somateria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• redie

Borrowed from Icelandic æðr or German Eider, the latter also derives from Icelandic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛi̯.dər/

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• Hyphenation: ei‧der
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯dər

eider m (plural eiders, diminutive eidertje n)

1. a type of seaduck; an eider

   Synonym: eidereend

Ultimately from Old Norse æðr.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.dɛʁ/ ~ /e.dɛʁ/

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eider m (plural eiders)

1. eider

• “eider”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French eider, from Icelandic æður. Ultimately from Old Norse æðr.

eider m (plural eideri)

1. eider

• Eider

• anatide
• călifar
• rață
• rață leșească

• “eider”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Ultimately from Old Norse æðr.

eider m (plural eideres)

1. eider