oter
Mauritian Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /otɛː/
Related terms
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English otor, from Proto-West Germanic *ot(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔtər/, /ˈɔːtər/
References
- “oter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uːtər/
- Rhymes: -uːtər
Noun
oter m (definite singular oteren, indefinite plural otere or otre or otrer, definite plural oterne or otrene)
- an otter
References
- “oter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk

oter (1)
Etymology
From Old Norse otr, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós. From the root *wed- (“water”). Akin to English otter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuːtər/, /ˈuːtɛr/
- Rhymes: -uːtər
Noun
oter m (definite singular otren, indefinite plural otrar, definite plural otrane)
- an otter, an aquatic mammal of the subfamily Lutrinae
- 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.
- Oteren hev symjehud millom tærna; han er greid til aa symja og liver av fisk.
- 1892, Marius Hægstad (translated from Hans Reusch) Naturkunna:
- a European otter, Lutra lutra
- (fishing) a small otter board
- Synonym: oterfjøl
References
- “oter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romansch
Alternative forms
- auter (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
Etymology
From Latin alter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élteros (“the other of two”).
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