oter

See also: otěr, ôter, and -oter

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /otɛː/

Etymology 1

From French auteur.

Noun

oter

  1. author; writer
    Synonym: ekrivin

Etymology 2

From French hauteur.

Noun

oter

  1. height

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English otor, from Proto-West Germanic *ot(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔtər/
  • (lengthened) IPA(key): /ˈɒːtər/, /ˈɔːtər/

Noun

oter (plural otyrs)

  1. An otter (aquatic mammal)
  2. The hide, skin or pelt of an otter.

Descendants

  • English: otter
  • Scots: otter

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse otr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uːtər/
  • Rhymes: -uːtər

Noun

oter m (definite singular oteren, indefinite plural otere or otre or otrer, definite plural oterne or otrene)

  1. an otter

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

oter (1)

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)

  1. an otter, an aquatic mammal of the subfamily Lutrinae
    1. 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.
  2. (fishing) a small otter board
    Synonym: oterfjøl

Derived terms

  • otra, otre (verb)
  • oterfelle f
  • oterfjøl f
  • oterskinn n
  • Otra (river in Agder)

References

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈo.ter/

Noun

oter m

  1. Alternative form of otor

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin alter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élteros (the other of two).

Adjective

oter m (feminine singular otra, masculine plural oters, feminine plural otras)

  1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) other
  2. (time, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) next, coming

Synonyms

  • (next, coming):
    • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) proxim
    • (Puter, Vallader) prossem
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