# otter
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɒt.ə/
* (General American) enPR: ŏtʹər, IPA: /ˈɑtɚ/, [(ʔ)ɑɾɚ]
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Homophone: odder (US)
* Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ)

### Etymology 1

From Middle English oter, otir, otur, otyre, from Old English otor, from Proto-West Germanic *otr, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“aquatic, water-animal”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Otter, Dutch otter, German Otter, Swedish utter, Norwegian oter, Icelandic otur, Sanskrit उद्र (udrá), Russian вы́дра (výdra), and Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra, “water snake”). Doublet of Hydra and hydra. More etymology under English water.

#### Noun

otter (plural otters)
* An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others.
* (gay slang) A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset.

##### Derived terms

* bear otter
* European otter (Lutra lutra)
* giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
* marine otter (Lontra felina)
* Maxwell's otter
* otter civet
* Otter Creek
* ottering
* otterish
* otterless
* otterlike
* otterly
* otter shell
* otter shrew
* otterskin
* Otter Tail County
* ottery
* river otter (Lontra spp.)
* sea otter (Enhydra lutris)

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Corruption of annotto.

#### Noun

otter (uncountable)
* (obsolete) annatto (dye)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

otter (uncountable)
* Archaic form of attar.
** 1809, William Jones, A Grammar of the Persian Language, page 8:[…] the precious perfume called otter of roses.

#### References

* “otter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* toter, Treto, toret, torte, Ortet, Tetro, ortet, ETRTO

## Danish
### Alternative forms

* 8'er

### Etymology

From otte (“eight”) +‎ -er.

### Noun

otter c (singular definite otteren, plural indefinite ottere)
* eight (in dice or cards)
* eight (person or thing that is number eight in a system, e.g.bus #8)
* (sports, rowing) eight

#### Inflection
### See also

Playing cards in Danish · kort, spillekort (layout · text) :
| es | toer | treer | firer | femmer | sekser | syver |
| otter | nier | tier | knægt, bonde | dame, dronning | konge | joker |

### References

* “otter” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch otter, from Old Dutch *ottar, from Proto-West Germanic *otr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔ.tər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ot‧ter
* Rhymes: -ɔtər

### Noun

otter m (plural otters, diminutive ottertje n)
* Any otter.
* (particularly) European otter, Lutra lutra
    Synonym: visotter

#### Derived terms

* visotter
* zeeotter

#### Descendants

* Berbice Creole Dutch: otro

### Further reading

* otter on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *ottar, from Proto-West Germanic *otr.

### Noun

otter m
* otter, European otter

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: otter
** Berbice Creole Dutch: otro
* Limburgish: ódder

### Further reading

* “otter”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “otter”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Middle English
### Noun

otter
* Alternative form of oter