tatter

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ætə(r)

Etymology 1

Apparently a back-formation from tattered.

Noun

tatter (plural tatters)

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, aldraxe m
German: Lumpen (de) m, Fetzen (de) m

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)

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

Etymology 2

tat +‎ -er

Noun

tatter (plural tatters)

A person engaged in tatting.

Translations

A person engaged in tatting

German

Verb

tatter

First-person singular present of tattern.
Imperative singular of tattern.

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