noun
Meaning 1
Any snake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.
A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera
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Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 3
A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.
A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera
A common European adder (Vipera berus).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 4
A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.
A puff adder, of Africa (genus Bitis).
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noun
Meaning 5
A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.
Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling adders
A milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
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noun
Meaning 6
A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.
Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling adders
A hog-nosed snake, of genus Heterodon of harmless colubrid snakes found in North America
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
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noun
Meaning 7
A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.
Certain venomous snakes resembling other adders
Death adders (Acanthophis spp.), elapid snakes found in Southeast Asia and Australia
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noun
Meaning 8
A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.
Certain venomous snakes resembling other adders
A northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen), a venomous viper found in the eastern United States
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noun
Meaning 9
A sea stickleback or adder fish (Spinachia spinachia).
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noun
Meaning 10
Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers.
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noun
Meaning 11
An electronic device that adds voltages, currents or frequencies.
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noun
Meaning 12
Something which adds or increases.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.
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noun
Meaning 13
A person who has attention deficit disorder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 14
small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: common viper, Vipera berus
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Broader terms: viper
noun
Meaning 15
a machine that adds numbers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: calculator, calculating machine
noun
Meaning 16
a person who adds numbers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: calculator, reckoner, figurer, estimator, computer
History
Etymology
From Middle English nadder, addere, rebracketing of “a naddere” as “an addere”, from Old English nǣdre (“snake”), from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā, from Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ, from pre-Germanic *néh1treh2, variant of Proto-Indo-European *n̥h1trih2, from *(s)neh1- (“to spin, twist”). See also West Frisian njirre, Dutch adder, German Natter, Otter; also Welsh neidr, Latin natrīx (“watersnake”), Dutch naaien.
Etymology tree English add Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English adder From add + -er.
From ADD + -er.
Across languages
Translations
105 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: adder — snake
- Armenian: օձ (ōj) — snake
- Asturian: culiebra — snake
- Bulgarian: змия (zmija) — snake
- Chinese Mandarin: 毒蛇 (dúshé) — snake
- Chinese Mandarin: 蝰蛇 (kuíshé) — snake
- Dutch: adder — snake
- Finnish: käärme — snake
- Galician: cóbrega — snake
- Galician: pezoira — snake
- Galician: liscáncere — snake
- Galician: cobra — snake
- Galician: quiobra — snake
- Galician: becha — snake
- Georgian: გველი (gveli) — snake
- German: Natter — snake
- Indonesian: senawan — snake
- Irish: nathair — snake
- Japanese: 毒蛇 (doku-hebi) — snake
- Korean: 독사 (doksa) — snake
- Low German: Adder — snake
- Macedonian: шарка (šarka) — snake
- Portuguese: cobra — snake
- Portuguese: serpente — snake
- Russian: змея́ (zmejá) — snake
- Russian: гадю́ка (gadjúka) — snake
- Sanskrit: पृदाकु (pṛdāku) — snake
- Scottish Gaelic: nathair — snake
- Serbo-Croatian: guja — snake
- Sicilian: culorbia — snake
- Sicilian: scursuni — snake
- Spanish: serpiente — snake
- Spanish: culebra — snake
- Thai: อสรพิษ (à-sɔ̌ɔ-rá-pít) — snake
- Thai: งู (nguu) — snake
- Ukrainian: змія́ (zmijá) — snake
- Zazaki: zıngırok — snake
- Afrikaans: adder — viper
- Akan: nanka — viper
- Armenian: իժ (iž) — viper
- Asturian: víbora — viper
- Azerbaijani: gürzə — viper
- Bulgarian: пепелянка (pepeljanka) — viper
- Catalan: escurçó — viper
- Chinese Mandarin: 蝰蛇 (kuíshé) — viper
- Czech: zmije — viper
- Danish: hugorm — viper
- Dutch: adder — viper
- Estonian: rästik — viper
- Finnish: kyy — viper
- French: vipère — viper
- Galician: naia — viper
- Galician: sacaveira — viper
- Galician: áspide — viper
- Galician: bichorro — viper
- Georgian: გველგესლა (gvelgesla) — viper
- German: Otter — viper
- German: Viper — viper
- German: Kreuzotter — viper
- Greek: οχιά (ochiá) — viper
- Greek: έχιδνα (échidna) — viper
- Ancient Greek: ἔχιδνα (ékhidna) — viper
- Ido: vipero — viper
- Ingrian: jaadumato — viper
- Ingrian: kirjava mato — viper
- Ingrian: gadjukka — viper
- Irish: nathair nimhe — viper
- Italian: vipera — viper
- Italian: marasso — viper
- Japanese: クサリヘビ (kusari-hebi) — viper
- Japanese: 鎖蛇 (kusari-hebi) — viper
- Latin: aspis — viper
- Latvian: odze — viper
- Low German: Adder — viper
- Low German: Krüüzadder — viper
- Low German: Kriizadder — viper
- Macedonian: гуја (guja) — viper
- Eastern Mari: шемгишке (šemgiške) — viper
- Western Mari: шим кӹшкӹ (šim kÿškÿ) — viper
- Polish: żmija — viper
- Portuguese: víbora — viper
- Romanian: viperă — viper
- Russian: гадю́ка (gadjúka) — viper
- Sanskrit: पृदाकु (pṛdāku) — viper
- Serbo-Croatian: guja — viper
- Sicilian: lìpira — viper
- Sicilian: scursuni — viper
- Lower Sorbian: zmija — viper
- Spanish: víbora — viper
- Swedish: huggorm — viper
- Turkish: engerek — viper
- Ukrainian: гадю́ка (hadjúka) — viper
- Esperanto: sumilo — what performs arithmetic addition
- Esperanto: adiciilo — what performs arithmetic addition
- Finnish: lisääjä — what performs arithmetic addition
- Finnish: summain — what performs arithmetic addition
- Japanese: 加算器 (kasanki) — what performs arithmetic addition
- Portuguese: somador — what performs arithmetic addition
- Portuguese: somadora — what performs arithmetic addition
- Serbo-Croatian: zbrajač — what performs arithmetic addition
- Serbo-Croatian: sumator — what performs arithmetic addition
- Spanish: sumador — what performs arithmetic addition
- Finnish: lisääjä — what increases
- Portuguese: somador — what increases
- Portuguese: somadora — what increases
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