Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary
Wikipedia
[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old English oter. Cognate with Old High German ottar, Old Slavic ⰲⱏⰺⰴⱃⰰ, and Ancient Greek ὕδρα (“Hydra”, “water snake”). More etymology under English water.
[edit] Pronunciation
otter (plural otters)
- Any aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal, member of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others.
- a hairy man, thin, not heavyset, especially one who is gay (c.f. bear)
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
The mammal
- Albanian: lundërza
- Arabic: ثعلب الماء (táʻlabu -l-māʼ) m.
- Armenian: ջրասամույր hy(hy) (ǰrasamuyr)
- Azeri: susamuru az(az)
- Basque: igaraba
- Belarusian: выдра be(be) (vydra)
- Bosnian: vidra bs(bs) f.
- Breton: dourgi m., dourgon pl.
- Bulgarian: видра (vidra) (bg)
- Catalan: llúdria f., llúdriga f.
- Cherokee: ᏥᏯ (tsiya)
- Chinese: 水獺, 水獭 (shuǐtǎ)
- Croatian: vȉdra hr(hr) f.
- Czech: vydra cs(cs)
- Danish: odder da(da) c.
- Dutch: otter nl(nl) m.
- Esperanto: lutro
- Estonian: saarmas
- Faroese: otur fo(fo)
- Finnish: saukko fi(fi)
- French: loutre fr(fr) f.
- Friulian: lodre
- Galician: lontra, londra
- Georgian: წავი ka(ka) (cavi)
- German: Otter de(de) m.
- Greek: ενυδρίδα [e̞niˈðriða] f., βύδρα (also βίδρα) [ˈviðra] f.
- Hindi: उदर (udra) m.
- Hungarian: vidra hu(hu)
- Icelandic: otur is(is) m.
- Irish: dobharchú ga(ga) m., madra uisce ga(ga) m., dobhrán ga(ga) m., cú dobhráin ga(ga) m.
- Italian: lontra it(it) f.
- Japanese: (freshwater) 獺, 川獺 (カワウソ, kawauso), (marine) 海獺 (ラッコ, rakko)
- Ladin: lontra
- Latin: lutra la(la) f.
|
|
|
[edit] Pronunciation
otter m. (plural otters, diminutive ottertje, diminutive plural ottertjes)
- otter
