English Explanatory Dictionary

otter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae.
  2. The flesh or fur of this animal
  3. A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset.
noun
  1. annatto (dye)
noun
  1. Archaic form of attar.
name
  1. A river with its source in the Blackdown Hills, Somerset, and which flows through Devon, to Lyme Bay in the English Channel.

Pronunciation

/ˈɒt.ə/ ŏtʹər /ˈɑtɚ/ [(ʔ)ɑɾɚ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-otter.wav

Word forms

otter otters

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.

Related words

Otterford Otterhead Otterton Ottery St Mary

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

Abkhaz: аԥслы Afrikaans: otter Ainu: エサマン Albanian: lundërz Albanian: vidër Albanian: lundër Algonquin: nigig Southern Altai: камду Arabic: قُضَاعَة Arabic: ثَعْلَب الْمَاء Aragonese: loira Aragonese: luria Aragonese: nuria Armenian: ջրասամույր Old Armenian: շնջրի Aromanian: vidrã Assamese: উদ Asturian: llóndriga Asturian: llóndrigu Azerbaijani: çay samuru West Coast Bajau: dongor West Coast Bajau: embirud Bashkir: ҡама Bashkir: ҡамсат Basque: igaraba Basque: urtxakur Belarusian: вы́дра Bengali: ভোঁদড় Bau Bidayuh: biron Breton: dourgi Breton: ki-dour Bulgarian: ви́дра Burmese: ဖျံ Carpathian Rusyn: выдра Catalan: llúdria Catalan: llúdriga Chepang: तीःचोरो Cherokee: ᏥᏯ Cheyenne: náa'e Chinese Mandarin: 水獺 /水獭 Chipewyan: ną́bį Chukchi: кыквэтвун Chukchi: нэннэт Chuvash: ӑтӑр Coptic: ⲟⲩϩⲟⲣ ⲙⲱⲟⲩ Czech: vydra Danish: odder Dutch: otter Dzongkha: སྲམ Erzya: пачалапа Esperanto: lutro Estonian: saarmas
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