# hamster
## English
### Alternative forms

* hampster (obsolete)

### Etymology

Borrowed from German Hamster (see for etymology). Displaced earlier term German rat.

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈhæm(p)stɚ/
* Audio (UK):(file)

### Noun

hamster (plural hamsters)
* Any of various Old-World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
** 1960, Doklady. Biological Sciences Sections, volumes 132–135, Washington, D.C.: American Institute of Biological Sciences, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 640, column 2:The tempo of evolution in South American hamsters was very rapid – in the course of the Pliocene and Anthropocene 40 genera were formed here, at which time a series of them attained the level of tribe and subtribe (Oxymycteri, Phyllotiini, Ichthyomyini).
** especially of species Mesocricetus auratus (the golden hamster) and species of genus Phodopus (dwarf hamsters), often kept as a pet or used in scientific research.
    The hamster stuffed his puffy cheeks with food.
*** 2013, George deStevens, Ernst Jucker, V. Zingel, Progress in Drug Research, page 166:Since the pregnancy interceptive agents or the menses regulators may also influence the development of either trophoblasts or the maternal cells (epithelial and stromal) at the embryo attachment site, another in vitro assay method using using trophoblast cells of hamster and mouse isolated from a preplacental organelle, the ectoplacental cone, has been developed.
* Other rodents of similar appearance, such as the maned hamster or crested hamster, Lophiomys imhausi, mouse-like hamsters of genus Calomyscus, and the white-tailed rat (Mystromys albicaudatus).

#### Synonyms

* (golden hamster): Syrian hamster

#### Derived terms

* Chinese hamster
* Chinese hamster ovary cell
* Djungarian hamster
* Dzungarian hamster
* hamster ball
* hamstering
* hamsterization
* hamsterless
* hamster style
* hamster wheel
* hamstery
* idea hamster
* mouse-like hamster
* rationalisation hamster
* rationalization hamster
* Russian winter white dwarf hamster
* Siberian dwarf hamster
* Siberian hamster
* winter white Russian hamster

#### Descendants

* → Cornish: hamster
* → Japanese: ハムスター (hamusutā)
* → Korean: 햄스터 (haemseuteo)
* → Scottish Gaelic: hamstair
* → Tagalog: hamster
* → Thai: แฮมสเตอร์ (hɛms-dtə̂ə)
* → Turkish: hamster

#### See also

* gerbil
* guinea pig
* mouse
* rat

### Verb

hamster (third-person singular simple present hamsters, present participle hamstering, simple past and past participle hamstered)
* (transitive, intransitive) To secrete or store privately, as a hamster does with food in its cheek pouches.
    Synonym: stash
** 1974, Phyllis Knight, Rolf Knight, A Very Ordinary Life, page 43:Probably the city government knew that without that hamstering half the city would starve and they somehow got the police to lay off. It was in the little stinky one-horse towns that you had all the trouble.
** 2004, Sharon L. Pywell, What Happened to Henry, page 50:[…] in his bedroom in neat stacks — he always hamstered them away upstairs as soon as the morning was done. This year the gifts sat ignored […]
** 2014, Edith Sheffer, Burned Bridge: How East and West Germans Made the Iron Curtain:[…] eastern children frequently “hamstered,” smuggled, and begged across the boundary, especially after currency reform […]

#### Translations
### Further reading

* hamster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Golden hamster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* hamster in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

### Anagrams

* Amherst, harmest

## Cornish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English hamster.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhamstɛɹ/

### Noun

hamster m (plural hamsters)
* hamster

## Danish
### Etymology

From German Hamster.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈhɑmˀsd̥ɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

hamster c (singular definite hamsteren, plural indefinite hamstere)
* a hamster

#### Declension
### References

* “hamster” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɦɑmstər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ham‧ster

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Hamster.

#### Noun

hamster m (plural hamsters, diminutive hamstertje n)
* hamster

##### Derived terms

* dwerghamster
* goudhamster
* hamsterbal
* hamsteren
* hamstermolen

##### Descendants

* → Papiamentu: hamster

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

hamster
* inflection of hamsteren:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Hamster and ultimately of Balto-Slavic origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /am.stɛʁ/
** Audio (France):(file)
* (Quebec) IPA: /am.stɚ/
** Audio (Quebec):(file)

### Noun

hamster m (plural hamsters)
* hamster

### Further reading

* “hamster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Verb

hamster
* singular imperative of hamstern

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From German Hamster.

### Noun

hamster m (definite singular hamsteren, indefinite plural hamstere or hamstre or hamstrer, definite plural hamsterne or hamstrene)
* a hamster

### References

* “hamster” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From German Hamster.

### Noun

hamster m (definite singular hamsteren, indefinite plural hamsterar, definite plural hamsterane)
* a hamster

### References

* “hamster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* hámster (uncommon)
* hâmster (rare)

### Etymology

From German Hamster and ultimately of Balto-Slavic origin.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁɐ̃.mis.teʁ/ [ˈhɐ̃.mis.teh], /ˈʁɐms.teʁ/ [ˈhɐms.teh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁɐ̃.mis.teʁ/ [ˈhɐ̃.mis.teh], /ˈʁɐms.teʁ/ [ˈhɐms.teh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈʁɐ̃.mis.teɾ/ [ˈhɐ̃.mis.teɾ], /ˈʁɐms.teɾ/ [ˈhɐms.teɾ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁɐ̃.miʃ.teʁ/ [ˈχɐ̃.miʃ.teχ], /ˈʁɐmʃ.teʁ/ [ˈχɐmʃ.teχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁɐms.teɻ/ [ˈhɐms.teɻ], /ˈʁɐ.mis.teɻ/ [ˈhɐ.mis.teɻ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɐms.tɛɾ/

### Noun

hamster m (plural hamsters)
* hamster (small, short-tailed European rodent)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Hamster.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈham.ster/

### Noun

hamster m (plural hamsteri)
* hamster

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

From German Hamster and ultimately of Balto-Slavic origin.

### Noun

hamster c
* hamster
    Hamstern sprang i hjuletThe hamster was running in the wheel

#### Related terms

* guldhamster
* hamsterbur
* hamsterhjul
* hamstra
* hamstrare
* hamstring

### References

* hamster in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* hamster in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* hamster in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Svensk MeSH

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English hamster.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈhamsteɾ/ [ˈhams.t̪ɛɾ]
* Rhymes: -amsteɾ
* Syllabification: hams‧ter

### Noun

hamster (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜋ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔)
* hamster
** 1996, Emmanuel A. Reyes, Malikhaing pelikula: mga sanaysay tungkol sa pelikulang Pilipino:Ilalagay ni PAUL ang retrato ni Ferdinand at Imelda Marcos sa likod ng kulungan ng mga hamster.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2020, TINA LATA, The Good Girl's Revenge:Kung may nasabi man akong hindi maganda, bakit hindi niya sabihin sa 'kin? Hindi naman ako manghuhula para malaman kung anong problema niya. Tiningnan ko 'yong hamster na gusto kong bilhin pero naisip ko si Tammy.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Turkish
### Etymology

From English hamster.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈhɑm.s(ɯ)tæɾ]
* Hyphenation: hams‧ter

### Noun

hamster (definite accusative hamsteri, plural hamsterler)
* hamster

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
hamster
hamsterler
definite accusative
hamsteri
hamsterleri
dative
hamstere
hamsterlere
locative
hamsterde
hamsterlerde
ablative
hamsterden
hamsterlerden
genitive
hamsterin
hamsterlerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
hamsterim
hamsterlerim
2nd singular
hamsterin
hamsterlerin
3rd singular
hamsteri
hamsterleri
1st plural
hamsterimiz
hamsterlerimiz
2nd plural
hamsteriniz
hamsterleriniz
3rd plural
hamsterleri
hamsterleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
hamsterimi
hamsterlerimi
2nd singular
hamsterini
hamsterlerini
3rd singular
hamsterini
hamsterlerini
1st plural
hamsterimizi
hamsterlerimizi
2nd plural
hamsterinizi
hamsterlerinizi
3rd plural
hamsterlerini
hamsterlerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
hamsterime
hamsterlerime
2nd singular
hamsterine
hamsterlerine
3rd singular
hamsterine
hamsterlerine
1st plural
hamsterimize
hamsterlerimize
2nd plural
hamsterinize
hamsterlerinize
3rd plural
hamsterlerine
hamsterlerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
hamsterimde
hamsterlerimde
2nd singular
hamsterinde
hamsterlerinde
3rd singular
hamsterinde
hamsterlerinde
1st plural
hamsterimizde
hamsterlerimizde
2nd plural
hamsterinizde
hamsterlerinizde
3rd plural
hamsterlerinde
hamsterlerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
hamsterimden
hamsterlerimden
2nd singular
hamsterinden
hamsterlerinden
3rd singular
hamsterinden
hamsterlerinden
1st plural
hamsterimizden
hamsterlerimizden
2nd plural
hamsterinizden
hamsterlerinizden
3rd plural
hamsterlerinden
hamsterlerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
hamsterimin
hamsterlerimin
2nd singular
hamsterinin
hamsterlerinin
3rd singular
hamsterinin
hamsterlerinin
1st plural
hamsterimizin
hamsterlerimizin
2nd plural
hamsterinizin
hamsterlerinizin
3rd plural
hamsterlerinin
hamsterlerinin :