dotter

See also: Dotter and døtter

English

Etymology

dot +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Homophone: daughter (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
• Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ)

Noun

dotter (plural dotters)

1. An instrument for drawing dots.
   • 1869, Cameron Knight, The Mechanician and Constructor for Engineers:

     Both edges of the crosshead are thus marked, the short centre lines being easily scratched with a scriber as soon as the arcs are made with a calliper, in fact, a mere dot with a dotter is sufficient.

   • 2011, Jane Symington, Karen Peppercorn, At Your Fingertips - The Nail Technician's Companion, page 289:

     These have a long fine brush and a dotter in the lid of the brush for making small dots of the paint on the nail.

Derived terms

• i-dotter

Anagrams

• detort, rotted

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriʀ, “daughters”), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”).

Noun

dotter f (definite singular dottera, indefinite plural døtrer, definite plural døtrene)

1. daughter

Derived terms

• stedotter
• stykdotter

References

• “dotter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dōttir, from Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriʀ, “daughters”), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

dotter c

1. daughter; someone's female child

Declension

Declension of dotter
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dotter	dottern	döttrar	döttrarna
Genitive	dotters	dotterns	döttrars	döttrarnas

Antonyms

• son

Related terms

• barn
• brorsdotter
• dotterbarn
• dotterbolag
• dotterdotter
• dotterföretag
• dotterlig
• dotterson
• dotterspråk
• dottersvulst
• dottertumör
• kusindotter
• sondotter
• styvdotter
• svärdotter
• systerdotter

 

References

• dotter in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)