lather

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: lă.th'ə, lä.th'ə, IPA: /ˈlæ.ðə(ɹ)/, /ˈlɑːðə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"l{D@(r\)/, /"lA:D@(r\)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈlæðɚ/, SAMPA: /"l{D@r/

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• Rhymes: -æðə(r)

Etymology

Old English lauðr (“foam”), from Proto-Germanic *lauþran (compare Old Norse lauðr), from Proto-Indo-European *lowh₃-tro- (whence also Old Irish lóathar (“basin”)), from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-, *lowh₃- (“to wash”) (whence also Ancient Greek λούω (loúō), λοέω (loéō) and Latin lavō).

Noun

lather (uncountable)

1. The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
2. A state of agitation.

Derived terms

• in a lather

Translations

foam of soap and water

Bosnian: sapunica (bs) f. Catalan: sabonera Chinese: 泡沫儿 (pàomò ér) Croatian: sapunica (hr) f. Dutch: sop (nl) n., zeepsop (nl) n., schuim (nl) n. Esperanto: sapŝaŭmo (eo) Finnish: saippuavaahto French: mousse de savon (fr) f. Galician: escuma, espuma f. German: Seifenschaum m. Hungarian: szappanhab (hu) Italian: schiuma di sapone (it) Korean: 비누 거품 (binu geopum) Macedonian: сапуница (mk) (sapúnica) f.

Malayalam: പത (patha) Norwegian: skum (no) n. Polish: piana mydlana (pl) f. Portuguese: espuma de sabão f. Russian: мыльная пена (mýl’naja péna) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: сапуница (sr) f. Roman: sapunica (sr) f. Spanish: espuma de jabón f. Swedish: lödder (sv) Telugu: నురగ (nuraga) Turkish: sabun köpürmek (tr) Welsh: trochion

Verb

lather (third-person singular simple present lathers, present participle lathering, simple past and past participle lathered)

1. (transitive) To cover with lather.
2. (transitive) To beat or to whip

Translations

cover with lather

Bosnian: sapunjati (bs), nasapunjati (bs) Catalan: ensabonar Croatian: sapunjati (hr), nasapunjati (hr) Dutch: inzepen (nl), soppen (nl) French: savonner (fr) German: einschäumen Hungarian: szappanoz (hu) Italian: insaponare (it) Macedonian: насапунува (mk) (nasapúnuva)

Polish: mydlić Portuguese: ensaboar (pt) Russian: мылить (mýlit’), намылить (namýlit’) Serbian: Cyrillic: сапуњати (sr), насапуњати (sr) Roman: sapunjati (sr), nasapunjati (sr) Spanish: enjabonar (es) Turkish: sabunlamak (tr) Welsh: seboni, trochioni; golchi

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• thaler