oter
Mauritian Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /otɛː/
Etymology 1
Noun
oter
Etymology 2
Noun
oter
Related terms
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English otor, from Proto-West Germanic *otr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔtər/
- (lengthened) IPA(key): /ˈɒːtər/, /ˈɔːtər/
Noun
oter (plural otyrs)
Descendants
References
- “oter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 July 2018.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uːtər/
- Rhymes: -uːtər
Noun
oter m (definite singular oteren, indefinite plural otere or otre or otrer, definite plural oterne or otrene)
- an otter
References
- “oter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse otr, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós. From the root *wed- (“water”). Akin to English otter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /¹o(ː)tər/, (some places) /¹uːtər/
- Rhymes: -oːtər, -uːtər
- Hyphenation: ò‧ter
Noun
oter m (definite singular otren, indefinite plural otrar, definite plural otrane)
- an otter, an aquatic mammal of the subfamily Lutrinae
- a European otter, Lutra lutra
- 1892, Hans Reusch, translated by Marius Hægstad, Naturkunna:
- Oteren hev symjehud millom tærna; han er greid til aa symja og liver av fisk.
- The otter has webbed toes, it swims well and feeds on fish.
- a European otter, Lutra lutra
- (fishing) a small otter board
- Synonym: oterfjøl
Derived terms
Related terms
- Otre (river in Agder)
References
- “oter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈo.ter/
Noun
oter m
- alternative form of otor
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin alter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élteros (“the other of two”). False cognate of English other.
Adjective
oter m (feminine singular otra, masculine plural oters, feminine plural otras)