lather
English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: lă.th'ə, lä.th'ə, IPA(key): /ˈlæ.ðə(ɹ)/, /ˈlɑːðə(ɹ)/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈlæðɚ/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -æðə(r), -ɑːðə(r)
Etymology 1
From Middle English lather, from Old English lēaþor (“a kind of niter used for soap, soda”), from Proto-Germanic *lauþrą (“that which is used for washing, soap”), from Proto-Indo-European *lowh₃-tro- (“that which is used for washing”), from *lawe-, *lewh₃-, *lowh₃- (“to wash, bathe”). Cognate with Swedish lödder (“lather, foam, froth, soap”), Icelandic löður (“foam, froth, a kind of niter used for soap”), Old Irish Old Irish lóathar (“wash-basin”), Ancient Greek λουτρόν (loutrón, “a bath, wash-room”), Latin lavō (“I wash”), Albanian laj (“I wash”), Ancient Greek λούω (loúō). More at lye.
Noun
lather (countable and uncountable, plural lathers)
- The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
- Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
- A state of agitation.
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Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English *lethren, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English lēþrian, lȳþrian, *līeþrian (“to anoint, smear, lather”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English lēaþor (“a kind of niter used for soap, soda”). See above.
Verb
lather (third-person singular simple present lathers, present participle lathering, simple past and past participle lathered)
- (transitive) To cover with lather.
- (transitive) To beat or whip.
- (intransitive) To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating.
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