oter

See also: ôter and -oter

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /otɛː/

Etymology 1

From French auteur.

Noun

oter

  1. author; writer
    Synonym: ekrivin

Etymology 2

From French hauteur.

Noun

oter

  1. height

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English otor, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔtər/, /ˈɔːtər/

Noun

oter (plural otyrs)

  1. An otter (kind of aquatic mammal)
  2. The hide, skin or pelt of an otter.

Descendants

References


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse otr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uːtər/
  • Rhymes: -uːtər

Noun

oter m (definite singular oteren, indefinite plural otere or otre or otrer, definite plural oterne or otrene)

  1. an otter

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse otr. Akin to English otter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuːtər/, /ˈuːtɛr/
  • Rhymes: -uːtər

Noun

oter m (definite singular oteren, indefinite plural otrar, definite plural otrane)

  1. an otter, an aquatic mammal of the subfamily Lutrinae
  2. 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.

References


Old English

Noun

oter m

  1. Alternative form of otor

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) auter

Etymology

From Latin alter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élteros (the other of two).

Adjective

oter m (feminine singular otra, masculine plural oters, feminine plural otras)

  1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) other
  2. (time, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) next, coming

Synonyms

  • (next, coming):
    • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) proxim
    • (Puter, Vallader) prossem
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