adder

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.4 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms 3 Old Prussian 3.1 Conjunction

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈæd.ɚ/, SAMPA: /{d@`/
• Rhymes: -ædə(r)

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English addere (resulted from misdivision of a naddere to an addere) < Middle English naddere < Old English nædre, "adder", "snake". Akin to Old Saxon nadra, Old High German natra, natara, German natter, Gothic nadrs, Icelandic naðr, masculine, naðra, feminine: compare Welsh neidr, Cornish naddyr, Irish nathair, Latin natrix, water snake.

[edit] Noun

adder (plural adders)

1. (obsolete) A snake.
2. (British) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (or Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of the genus Clotho.
3. (US and Canadian) Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling the adder, such as the milk snake.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Etymology 2

From to add + -er.

[edit] Noun

adder (plural adders)

1. Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition.
2. Something which adds or increases.

   They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.

[edit] Derived terms

• full adder
• half adder

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of adder
• dared
• dread
• readd

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

adder m. and f. (plural adders or adderen, diminutive addertje, diminutive plural addertjes)

1. viper, adder

[edit] Derived terms

• addergebroed
• een addertje onder het gras

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[edit] Old Prussian

[edit] Conjunction

adder

1. or

   wāiklis adder mērgā - boy or girl

2. but