tatter

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtætə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ætə(r)

Etymology 1

Apparently a back-formation from tattered.

Noun

tatter (plural tatters)

1. A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing.

Translations

A shred of torn cloth

• Catalan: drap (ca) m
• Czech: hadr (cs) m
• Esperanto: drapaĉo
• Finnish: riekale, riepu (fi)
• French: lambeau (fr) m
• Galician: trapo m, farrapo (gl) m, galdrapa (gl) f, aldraxe m
• German: Lumpen (de) m, Fetzen (de) m
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• Greek:

  Ancient: λακίς f (lakís)

• Ido: rago (io)
• Italian: cencio (it) m, straccio (it) m, strofinaccio (it) m
• Occitan: pedaç m, esquinç m, limbèl m
• Portuguese: rasgo (pt), trapo (pt), farrapo (pt) m
• Romanian: zdreanță (ro) f

Verb

tatter (third-person singular simple present tatters, present participle tattering, simple past and past participle tattered)

1. (transitive) To destroy an article of clothing etc. by shredding.
2. (intransitive) To fall into tatters.

Etymology 2

tat +‎ -er

Noun

tatter (plural tatters)

1. A person engaged in tatting.

Translations

A person engaged in tatting

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German

Verb

tatter

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of tattern.
2. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of tattern.