udder

From Middle English udder, uddyr (also as uther, iddyr), from Old English ūder (“udder; breast”), from Proto-Germanic *ūdarą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jadder (“udder”), Dutch uier (“udder”), German Euter (“udder”), Swedish juver (“udder”), Icelandic júgur (“udder”), Vedic Sanskrit ऊधर् (ū́dhar), Ancient Greek οὖθαρ (oûthar), Latin ūber.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʌdə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʌdɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌdə(ɹ)
• Homophones: other (th-stopping), utter (flapping)

udder (plural udders)

1. An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.

   Meronym: teat

   squeeze the udder to get milk

   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 60:

     The udder of the hyena, tied on the left arm, enticed the affection of any desired woman.

2. (slang, impolite) A woman's breast.

• dured

• uddyr, iddyr, uther

From Old English ūder, from Proto-Germanic *ūdarą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥.

• IPA^(key): /ˈudər/, /ˈuðər/

udder (plural uddres)

1. udder (mammary gland of an animal)
2. (rare) The udder when served as food.

• English: udder
• Scots: udder, uther, ether

• “udder, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 July 2018.

• odder

From Old Norse oddr, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz.

udder m

1. sharp point

• Swedish: udd