otter

See also: Otter

English

otter (1)

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage) From Middle English oter, otir, otur, otyre, from Old English otor, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“aquatic, water-animal”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Otter, Dutch otter, German Otter, Swedish utter, Norwegian oter, Icelandic otur, Sanskrit उद्र (udrá), Russian вы́дра (výdra), and Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra, “water snake”). More etymology under English water.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒt.ə/
• enPR: ŏtʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈɑtɚ/, [(ʔ)ɑɾɚ]
• Homophone: odder (US)
• Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ)

Noun

otter (plural otters)

1. An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others.
2. (gay slang) A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset.

Derived terms

• European otter (Lutra lutra)
• giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
• marine otter ()
• otterish
• otterless
• otterlike
• Otter Tail County
• ottery
• river otter (Lontra spp.)
• sea otter (Enhydra lutris)

 

Translations

mammal

• Albanian: lundërz (sq) f, vidër (sq) f
• Algonquin: nigig
• Arabic: ثَعْلَب الْمَاء m (ṯaʕlab al-māʔ)
• Armenian: ջրասամույր (hy) (ǰrasamuyr)
• Assamese: উদ (ud)
• Asturian: llóndriga f, llóndrigu m
• Azerbaijani: susamuru
• Basque: igaraba (eu), urtxakur (eu)
• Bau Bidayuh: biron
• Belarusian: вы́дра f (výdra)
• Bengali: ভোঁদড় (bhō̃doṛ)
• Breton: dourgi (br) m, ki-dour (br) m
• Bulgarian: ви́дра (bg) f (vídra)
• Burmese: ဖျံ (my) (hpyam)
• Catalan: llúdria (ca) f, llúdriga f
• Central Melanau: dengen
• Chepang: तीःचोरो
• Cherokee: ᏥᏯ (tsiya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水獺／水獭 (zh) (shuǐtǎ), 水獭 (zh) (shuǐtǎ)

• Chipewyan: ną́bį
• Chukchi: кыквэтвун (kykvėtvun), нэннэт (nėnnėt)
• Czech: vydra (cs) f
• Danish: odder (da) c
• Dutch: otter (nl) m
• Erzya: пачалапа (pačalapa)
• Esperanto: lutro
• Estonian: saarmas
• Faroese: otur m
• Finnish: saukko (fi)
• French: loutre (fr) f
• Friulian: lodre ?
• Galician: lontra (gl) f, londra f, ludra f, lóndrega f
• Georgian: წავი (c̣avi)
• German: Otter (de) m
• Greek: βίδρα (el) f (vídra)

  Ancient: ἔνυδρις f (énudris)

• Hebrew: לוּטְרָה (he) f (lútra), כֶּלֶב נָהָר m (kélev nahar)
• Hindi: ऊदबिलाव (hi) m (ūdbilāv), ऊद (hi) m (ūd)
• Hungarian: vidra (hu)
• Icelandic: otur m
• Ido: lutro (io)
• Indonesian: linsang (id)
• Irish: dobharchú (ga) m, madra uisce (ga) m, dobhrán (ga) m, cú dobhráin (ga) m

  Old Irish: doburchú f

• Italian: lontra (it) f
• Japanese: (freshwater) 獺 (ja) (かわうそ, kawauso), 川獺 (かわうそ, kawauso), カワウソ (ja) (kawauso), (marine) 海獺 (ja) (らっこ, rakko), ラッコ (ja) (rakko)
• Jingpho: shäram
• Kazakh: кәмшат (kämşat), қамшат (qamşat)
• Khmer: ភេ (km) (phei)
• Korean: 수달 (ko) (sudal)
• Kyrgyz: кундуз (ky) (kunduz)
• Ladin: lontra ?
• Lao: ນາກ (nāk)
• Latgalian: iudrys m
• Latin: lutra f
• Latvian: ūdrs m
• Lithuanian: ūdra (lt) f
• Low German: Otter m
• Lun Bawang: dengen
• Macedonian: видра f (vidra)
• Malay: anjing air, berang-berang

  Jawi: انجيڠ اءير, برڠ٢

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malayalam: നീർനായ (nīṟnāya)
• Maltese: lutra ?
• Manx: dooarchoo m, moddey ushtey m
• Marathi: पाणमांजर ? (pāṇmāñjar)
• Mi'kmaq: giwnig anim
• Mon: ဖေံ
• Navajo: tábąąstíín
• Northern Sami: čeavrris
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oter (no) m

  Nynorsk: oter m

• Occitan: loira (oc) f
• Old English: otor m
• Oriya: ଓଧ (odha)
• Ossetian:

  Digor: урдӕ (urdæ)

  Iron: уырд (wyrd)

• Persian: سمور آبی (samur-e âbi)
• Pipil: ākuyūt
• Pirahã: pibaóí
• Polish: wydra (pl) f
• Portuguese: lontra (pt) f
• Romanian: lutră (ro) f, vidră (ro) f
• Romansch: ludra f, lutra f
• Russian: вы́дра (ru) f (výdra)
• Sanskrit: उद्र (sa) m (udra)
• Santali: ᱚᱫᱟᱢ (ôdam), ᱩᱫᱟᱢ (udam)
• Sardinian: lontra ?
• Scottish Gaelic: dòbhran m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ви̏дра f

  Roman: vȉdra (sh) f

• Sicilian: lutra (scn) f
• Slovak: vydra f
• Slovene: vidra (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wudra f

  Upper Sorbian: wudra f

• Southern Sami: tjeavra
• Spanish: nutria (es) f, lutria f
• Sranan Tongo: watradagu
• Swahili: ota (sw)
• Swedish: utter (sv) c
• Tagal Murut: tilung
• Tagalog: dungon
• Tajik: самури обӣ (samuri obī), сагобӣ (sagobī), саги обӣ (sagi obī)
• Tamil: நீர்நாய் (ta) (nīrnāy)
• Telugu: ఉద్రము (udramu), నీటి కుక్క (nīṭi kukka)
• Thai: นาก (th) (nâak)
• Turkish: susamuru (tr), lutr (tr)
• Turkmen: gunduz
• Ukrainian: ви́дра f (výdra)
• Urdu: اودبلاؤ m (ūd-bilā'o)
• Uzbek: qunduz (uz)
• Venetian: lùdria f, lodra
• Vietnamese: rái cá (vi), rái (vi)
• Volapük: lutar (vo)
• Walloon: lote (wa)
• Welsh: dyfrgi m, dwrgi m
• West Coast Bajau: dongor, embirud
• West Frisian: fiskotter ?
• Yiddish: ווידרע f (vidre)
• Yámana: éepux
• Zhuang: nag

slender hairy man

• Finnish: apina (fi)
• Japanese: 熊 (ja) (くま, kuma)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Navajo: ditłʼoiitsʼózí
• Turkish: (literally "bear") ayı (tr)

Etymology 2

Corruption of annotto.

Noun

otter (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) annatto (dye)

References

• Webster 1913 [1]

Anagrams

• Treto, ortet, toret, torte, toter

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Danish

Noun

otter c (singular definite otteren, plural indefinite ottere)

1. eight (the card rank between seven and nine)

Inflection

Declension of otter

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	otter	otteren	ottere	otterene
genitive	otters	otterens	otteres	otterenes

See also

Playing cards in Danish · kort, spillekort (layout · text)
es	toer	treer	firer	femmer	sekser	syver
otter	nier	tier	knægt, bonde	dame, dronning	konge	joker

References

• “otter” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Middle Dutch otter, from Old Dutch *ottar, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“water-animal, otter”), from *wed- (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.tər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ot‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɔtər

Noun

otter m (plural otters, diminutive ottertje n)

1. otter

Derived terms

• zeeotter

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *ottar, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“water-animal, otter”), from *wed- (“water”).

Noun

otter m

1. otter, European otter

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: otter
• Limburgish: ódder

Further reading

• “otter”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “otter”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Middle English

Noun

otter

1. Alternative form of oter

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From , from , from , from *wed- (“water”).

Noun

1. otter; a mammal of the family Mustelidae