hámster
Galician
Noun
hámster m (plural hámsteres)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈãs.teʁ/ [ˈãs.teh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈãs.teɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈãʃ.teʁ/ [ˈãʃ.teχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈãs.teɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈãʃ.tɛɾ/
- Hyphenation: háms‧ter
Noun
hámster m (plural hámsteres or hámsters)
- (uncommon) alternative form of hamster
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English hamster, from German Hamster, from Old High German hamastra, hamustro (“field mouse”), probably from Old East Slavic хомѣсторъ (xoměstorŭ), хомѣстаръ (xoměstarŭ). See English hamster for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxamsteɾ/ [ˈxãms.t̪eɾ], /ˈamsteɾ/ [ˈãms.t̪eɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -amsteɾ
- Syllabification: háms‧ter
Noun
hámster m (plural hámsteres or hámsters)
Further reading
- “hámster”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024