lutter

See also: Lutter

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lutər/, [ˈlud̥ɐ]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German lūtter (clean, pure, unmixed).

Adjective

lutter (neuter lutter, plural and definite singular attributive lutter)

  1. sheer, all, nothing but

Etymology 2

See lut (lute).

Noun

lutter c

  1. indefinite plural of lut

French

Etymology

From Old French luitier, loitier, luiter, from Vulgar Latin luctāre, from Latin luctārī, present active infinitive of luctor (struggle), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (bend, twist). Compare Portuguese lutar, Spanish luchar, Catalan lluitar, Italian lottare, Romanian lupta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ly.te/
  • (file)

Verb

lutter

  1. (intransitive) to struggle, to fight
    lutter contre la discriminationto fight/struggle against discrimation
  2. (sports) to wrestle

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lutter m

  1. indefinite plural of lutt
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