hamster
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
1607; from German Hamster, from Old High German hamastra, hamustro, from Old East Slavic хомѣсторъ (choměstorŭ), хомѣстаръ (choměstarŭ), compound of (1) хомѣкъ (choměkŭ) ‘hamster’ (compare Russian хомяк (chomják), Polish chomik), from Balto-Slavic *kā̂mia (compare Latvian kāmis ‘hamster’, Lithuanian kãmas ‘rat’),[1] and of (2) Baltic *stara (compare Lithuanian stãras ‘ground squirrel’).[2][3]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
hamster (plural hamsters)
- A small, short-tailed Euroasian rodent, Cricetus frumentarius, often kept as a pet. It is remarkable for having a pouch on each side of the jaw, under the skin, and for its migrations.
- It is the cutest sight to see a hamster stuff his puffy cheeks with food; where is it going to store it?
- (zoology) Any of various Old-world rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
Translations [edit]
small, short-tailed European rodent
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References [edit]
- ^ Ernst Fraenkel, Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, I-II (Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1962-1965), 212.
- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, ed., Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen, s.v. “Hamster” (Munich: Deutscher Taschenbucher Vertrag, 2005).
- ^ C.T. Onions, ed., Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, s.v. “hamster” (Oxford: Oxford UP, 1996), 425.
Dutch [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
hamster m (plural hamsters, diminutive hamstertje)
Verb [edit]
hamster
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
hamster m (plural hamsters)
- hamster
German [edit]
Verb [edit]
hamster
Swedish [edit]
Noun [edit]
hamster c
- a hamster
Declension [edit]
Declension of hamster
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | hamster | hamstern | hamstrar | hamstrarna |
| genitive | hamsters | hamsterns | hamstrars | hamstrarnas |
Related terms [edit]
References [edit]
- hamster in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
Turkish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [hamsteɾ]
- Hyphenation: hams‧ter
Noun [edit]
hamster (definite accusative hamsteri, plural hamsterler)
Declension [edit]
declension of hamster
| singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (yalın) | hamster | hamsterler |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | hamsteri | hamsterleri |
| dative (yönelme) | hamstere | hamsterlere |
| locative (bulunma) | hamsterde | hamsterlerde |
| ablative (çıkma) | hamsterden | hamsterlerden |
| genitive (tamlayan) | hamsterin | hamsterlerin |
possessive forms of hamster
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- English terms derived from Old High German
- English terms derived from Old East Slavic
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- nl:Rodents
- French nouns
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- German verb forms
- German verb first-person forms
- German verb singular forms
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- German verb imperative forms
- Swedish nouns
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- Turkish terms derived from English
- Turkish nouns
- tr:Zoology
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