otter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: LGBT
Etymology: 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.
Inflected forms:
form: otters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: otter
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: 'The Aleuts come from a country far to the north,' he said. 'Their ways are not ours nor is their language. They have come to take otter and to give us our share in many goods which they have and which we can use.
gloss: A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
Derived words: bear otter
European otter
giant otter
King Otter
marine otter
Maxwell's otter
otter board
otter civet
Otter Creek
Otterhound
ottering
otterish
otterless
otterlike
otterly
ottermode
otter shell
otter shrew
otterskin
Otter Tail County
otter trawler
otter trawling
ottery
river otter
sea otter
snot otter
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: аԥслы
roman: apslə
lang: Afrikaans
word: otter
lang: Ainu
word: エサマン
roman: esáman
lang: Albanian
word: lundërz
lang: Albanian
word: vidër
lang: Albanian
word: lundër
lang: Algonquin
word: nigig
lang: Southern Altai
word: камду
roman: kamdu
lang: Arabic
word: قُضَاعَة
roman: quḍāʕa
lang: Arabic
word: ثَعْلَب الْمَاء
roman: ṯaʕlab al-māʔ
lang: Aragonese
word: loira
lang: Aragonese
word: luria
lang: Aragonese
word: nuria
lang: Armenian
word: ջրասամույր
roman: ǰrasamuyr
lang: Old Armenian
word: շնջրի
roman: šnǰri
lang: Aromanian
word: vidrã
lang: Assamese
word: উদ
roman: ud
lang: Asturian
word: llóndriga
lang: Asturian
word: llóndrigu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: çay samuru
lang: West Coast Bajau
word: dongor
lang: West Coast Bajau
word: embirud
lang: Bashkir
word: ҡама
roman: qama
lang: Bashkir
word: ҡамсат
roman: qamsat
lang: Basque
word: igaraba
lang: Basque
word: urtxakur
lang: Belarusian
word: вы́дра
roman: výdra
lang: Bengali
word: ভোঁদড়
roman: bhō̃doṛ
lang: Bau Bidayuh
word: biron
lang: Breton
word: dourgi
lang: Breton
word: ki-dour
lang: Bulgarian
word: ви́дра
roman: vídra
lang: Burmese
word: ဖျံ
roman: hpyam
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: выдра
roman: vŷdra
lang: Catalan
word: llúdria
lang: Catalan
word: llúdriga
lang: Chepang
word: तीःचोरो
lang: Cherokee
word: ᏥᏯ
roman: tsiya
lang: Cheyenne
word: náa'e
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 水獺 /水獭
roman: shuǐtǎ
lang: Chipewyan
word: ną́bį
lang: Chukchi
word: кыквэтвун
roman: kykvėtvun
lang: Chukchi
word: нэннэт
roman: nėnnėt
lang: Chuvash
word: ӑтӑр
roman: ăt̬ăr
lang: Coptic
word: ⲟⲩϩⲟⲣ ⲙⲱⲟⲩ
roman: ouhor mōou
lang: Czech
word: vydra
lang: Danish
word: odder
lang: Dutch
word: otter
lang: Dzongkha
word: སྲམ
roman: sram
lang: Erzya
word: пачалапа
roman: pačalapa
lang: Esperanto
word: lutro
lang: Estonian
word: saarmas
lang: Faroese
word: otur
lang: Finnish
word: saukko
lang: French
word: loutre
lang: West-Frisian
word: fiskotter
lang: Friulian
word: lodre
lang: Galician
word: lontra
lang: Galician
word: londra
lang: Galician
word: ludra
lang: Galician
word: lóndrega
lang: Georgian
word: წავი
roman: c̣avi
lang: German
word: Otter
lang: Greek
word: βίδρα
roman: vídra
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἔνυδρις
roman: énudris
lang: Halkomelem
word: sq'á:tl'
lang: Hebrew
word: לוּטְרָה
roman: lútra
lang: Hebrew
word: כֶּלֶב נָהָר
roman: kélev nahar
lang: Hindi
word: ऊदबिलाव
roman: ūdbilāv
lang: Hindi
word: ऊद
roman: ūd
lang: Hungarian
word: vidra
lang: Icelandic
word: otur
lang: Ido
word: lutro
lang: Indonesian
word: berang-berang
lang: Irish
word: dobharchú
lang: Irish
word: madra uisce
lang: Irish
word: dobhrán
lang: Irish
word: cú dobhráin
lang: Old Irish
word: doburchú
lang: Italian
word: lontra
lang: Japanese
word: 獺
roman: kawauso
lang: Japanese
word: 川獺
roman: kawauso
lang: Japanese
word: カワウソ
roman: kawauso
lang: Japanese
word: 海獺
roman: rakko
lang: Japanese
word: ラッコ
roman: rakko
lang: Jingpho
word: shäram
lang: Kashmiri
word: وۄدُر
roman: vọdur
lang: Kazakh
word: кәмшат
roman: kämşat
lang: Kazakh
word: қамшат
roman: qamşat
lang: Eastern Khanty
word: вӑнтәр
roman: wăntər
lang: Khmer
word: ភេ
roman: phei
lang: Komi-Zyrian
word: вурд
roman: vurd
lang: Korean
word: 수달
roman: sudal
lang: Kyrgyz
word: кундуз
roman: kunduz
lang: Ladin
word: lontra
lang: Ladino
word: lontra
lang: Lao
word: ນາກ
roman: nāk
lang: Latgalian
word: iudrys
lang: Latin
word: lutra
lang: Latvian
word: ūdrs
lang: Laz
word: წვინარი
roman: ǯvinari
lang: Lithuanian
word: ūdra
lang: Low German
word: Otter
lang: Lun Bawang
word: dengen
lang: Macedonian
word: видра
roman: vidra
lang: Malay
word: anjing air
lang: Malay
word: berang-berang
lang: Malay
word: memerang
lang: Malay
word: انجيڠ اءير
lang: Malay
word: برڠ٢
lang: Malayalam
word: നീർനായ
roman: nīṟnāya
lang: Maltese
word: lontra
lang: Manchu
word: ᡥᠠᡳᠯᡠᠨ
roman: hailun
lang: Manx
word: dooarchoo
lang: Manx
word: moddey ushtey
lang: Māori
word: ōtā
lang: Marathi
word: पाणमांजर
roman: pāṇmāñjar
lang: Central Melanau
word: dengen
lang: Mi'kmaq
word: giwnig
lang: Mingrelian
word: წვინარი
roman: c̣vinari
lang: Mon
word: ဖေံ
lang: Mongolian
word: халиг
roman: xalig
lang: Mongolian
word: халиу
roman: xaliu
lang: Tagal Murut
word: tilung
lang: Central Nahuatl
word: ahuitzotl
lang: Classical Nahuatl
word: āhuitzōtl
lang: Navajo
word: tábąąstíín
lang: Nepali
word: उद्र
roman: udra
lang: Nepali
word: ओत
roman: ot
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: oter
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: oter
lang: Occitan
word: loira
lang: Odia
word: ଓଧ
roman: odha
lang: Old East Slavic
word: вꙑдра
roman: vydra
lang: Old English
word: otor
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: видра
roman: vidra
lang: Persian
word: سمور آبی
roman: samur-e âbi
lang: Pipil
word: ākuyūt
lang: Pirahã
word: pibaóí
lang: Polish
word: wydra
lang: Portuguese
word: lontra
lang: Romanian
word: lutră
lang: Romanian
word: vidră
lang: Romansh
word: ludra
lang: Romansh
word: lutra
lang: Russian
word: вы́дра
roman: výdra
lang: Northern Sami
word: čeavrris
lang: Southern Sami
word: tjeavra
lang: Sanskrit
word: उद्र
roman: udra
lang: Santali
word: ᱚᱫᱟᱢ
roman: ôdam
lang: Santali
word: ᱩᱫᱟᱢ
roman: udam
lang: Saraiki
word: اُدڑ
roman: udṛ
lang: Sardinian
word: lontra
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: dòbhran
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: biast-dubh
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: dobhar-chù
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: biast-donn (Islay)
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: madadh-donn
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cù-donn
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ви̏дра
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vȉdra
lang: Siberian Tatar
word: ҡамнау
roman: qamnau
lang: Sicilian
word: lutra
lang: Slovak
word: vydra
lang: Slovene
word: vidra
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: wudra
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: wudra
lang: Spanish
word: nutria
lang: Spanish
word: lutria
lang: Spanish
word: nutra
lang: Spanish
word: ludria
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: watradagu
lang: Sundanese
word: séro
lang: Svan
word: წიუ̂ე̄რ
roman: c̣iûēr
lang: Swahili
word: ota
lang: Swedish
word: utter
lang: Tagalog
word: dungon
lang: Tajik
word: самури обӣ
roman: samur-i obi
lang: Tajik
word: сагобӣ
roman: sagobi
lang: Tajik
word: саги обӣ
roman: sag-i obi
lang: Tamil
word: நீர்நாய்
roman: nīrnāy
lang: Telugu
word: ఉద్రము
roman: udramu
lang: Telugu
word: నీటి కుక్క
roman: nīṭi kukka
lang: Telugu
word: నీరుకుక్క
roman: nīrukukka
lang: Telugu
word: నీరుపిల్లి
roman: nīrupilli
lang: Thai
word: นาก
roman: nâak
lang: Tigrinya
word: ጣቑስታ
roman: ṭax̣usta
lang: Turkish
word: su samuru
lang: Turkish
word: lutr
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: صو سموری
roman: su samuru
lang: Turkmen
word: gunduz
lang: Udmurt
word: вад
roman: vad
lang: Udmurt
word: вудор
roman: vudor
lang: Ukrainian
word: ви́дра
roman: výdra
lang: Unami
word: kwënëmuxkw
lang: Urdu
word: اودبلاؤ
roman: ūd-bilā'o
lang: Uyghur
word: قۇندۇز
roman: qunduz
lang: Uyghur
word: قاما
roman: qama
lang: Uzbek
word: qunduz
lang: Venetan
word: lùdria
lang: Venetan
word: lodra
lang: Vietnamese
word: rái cá
lang: Vietnamese
word: rái
lang: Volapük
word: lutar
lang: Walloon
word: lote
lang: Welsh
word: dyfrgi
lang: Welsh
word: dwrgi
lang: Yámana
word: éepux
lang: Yiddish
word: ווידרע
roman: vidre
lang: Zhuang
word: nag