oter

See also: ôter and -oter

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /otɛː/

Etymology 1

From French auteur.

Noun

oter

1. author; writer

   Synonym: ekrivin

Etymology 2

From French hauteur.

Noun

oter

1. height

Related terms

• ot

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• otir, otyr, otur, otyre, ottere, otre, ootyr, otter, otere

Etymology

From Old English otor, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔtər/, /ˈɔːtər/

Noun

oter (plural otyrs)

1. An otter (kind of aquatic mammal)
2. The hide, skin or pelt of an otter.

Descendants

• English: otter
• Scots: otter

References

• “oter (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse otr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːtər/
• Rhymes: -uːtər

Noun

oter m (definite singular oteren, indefinite plural otere or otre or otrer, definite plural oterne or otrene)

1. an otter

References

• “oter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse otr. Akin to English otter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːtər/, /ˈuːtɛr/
• Rhymes: -uːtər

Noun

oter m (definite singular oteren, indefinite plural otrar, definite plural otrane)

1. an otter, an aquatic mammal of the subfamily Lutrinae
2. a European otter, Lutra lutra
   • 1892, Marius Hægstad (translated from Hans Reusch) Naturkunna:

     Oteren hev symjehud millom tærna; han er greid til aa symja og liver av fisk.

     The otter has webbed toes, it swims well and feeds on fish.

References

• “oter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ter/

Noun

oter m

1. Alternative form of otor

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) auter

Etymology

From Latin alter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élteros (“the other of two”).

Adjective

oter m (feminine singular otra, masculine plural oters, feminine plural otras)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) other
2. (time, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) next, coming

Synonyms

• (next, coming):
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) proxim
  • (Puter, Vallader) prossem