eider

See also: Eider and êider

English

eiders

Etymology

From Icelandic æðar, genitive of æðr, probably reaching English via Swedish eider (now ejder), from a North Germanic root.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪdə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪdɚ/

Noun

eider (plural eiders)

Any of the species of the genera Polysticta or Somateria, in the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies).

Derived terms

spectacled eider, Somateria fischeri
Steller's eider, Polysticta stelleri

Translations

duck of genus Somateria

Bulgarian: гага (bg) f (gága)
Chukchi: ӄупыкы (qupyky), ӄупыкэт pl (qupykėt)
Czech: kajka f
Danish: edderfugl (da) c
Dutch: eidereend (nl)
Faroese: æða (fo) f, æðublikur m
Finnish: haahka (fi)
French: eider (fr) m
German: Eiderente (de) f
Greek: σωματερία f (somatería)
Greenlandic: aavooq, miteq
Icelandic: æður (is), æðarfugl (is)
Inari Sami: havdâ, havđâ
Irish: éadar m

Italian: edredone m
Lule Sami: ávdda
Northern Sami: hávda
Norwegian: ær (no) f or m, ærfugl (no) m
Polish: edredon (pl) m
Portuguese: êider m
Romanian: eider (ro) m
Russian: га́га (ru) f (gága)
Skolt Sami: audd
Spanish: eider m
Swedish: ejder (sv) c
Turkish: pufla (tr)
Ukrainian: гага f (háha)

Anagrams

redie

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Icelandic æðr.

Pronunciation

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Noun

eider m (plural eiders, diminutive eidertje n)

a type of seaduck; an eider
Synonym: eidereend

Derived terms

eidereend
eiderdons
eidergans

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Norse æðr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ.dɛʁ/, /e.dɛʁ/

Noun

eider m (plural eiders)

eider

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French eider, from Icelandic æður. Ultimately from Old Norse æðr.

Noun

eider m (plural eideri)

eider

Declension

declension of eider

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) eider	eiderul	(niște) eideri	eiderii
genitive/dative	(unui) eider	eiderului	(unor) eideri	eiderilor
vocative	eiderule		eiderilor

Paronyms

Eider

References

eider in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Norse æðr.

Noun

eider m (plural eideres)

eider

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