oter
Mauritian Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /otɛː/
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English otor, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔtər/, /ˈɔːtər/
References
- “oter (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse otr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uːtər/
- Rhymes: -uːtər
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuːtər/, /ˈuːtɛr/
- Rhymes: -uːtər
Noun
oter m (definite singular oteren, indefinite plural otrar, definite plural otrane)
- an otter, an aquatic mammal of the subfamily Lutrinae
- 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.
- Oteren hev symjehud millom tærna; han er greid til aa symja og liver av fisk.
- 1892, Marius Hægstad (translated from Hans Reusch) Naturkunna:
Old English
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) auter
Etymology
From Latin alter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élteros (“the other of two”).
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