fetter

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• Australian: /ˈfet.ə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɛt.ə/
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• US: /ˈfɛt.ɚ/
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• rhymes with -ɛtə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: F EH1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English feter, from Old English feter, Proto-West Germanic *fetur, from Proto-Germanic *feturaz (“fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step, walk; to fall, stumble”). Related to foot. Cognates Cognate with Dutch veter (“cable, chain, hawser; bond, fetter”), Faroese fjøtur (“fetter”), Icelandic fjötur (“fetter”), Swedish fjätter (“fetter, shackle”); also Irish feadh (“extent, length”), feá (“fathom”), Scottish Gaelic feadh (“extent, length; fathom”), Latgalian pāda (“foot”), Latvian pēda (“foot”), Lithuanian pėda (“foot”), Belarusian па́даць (pádacʹ, “to fall”), Bulgarian па́дам (pádam, “to grop, fall”), Czech padat (“to fall”), Polish padać (“to fall”), Russian па́дать (pádatʹ, “to fall”), Serbo-Croatian padati, падати (“to fall”), Slovene padati (“to fall”), Ukrainian па́дати (pádaty, “to fall”), Latin peior, pejor (“worse”), Ancient Greek πέδη (pédē, “fetter, shackle; anklet, bangle”), Armenian ետ (et, “back, backward”), հետ (het, “back; with”), Ossetian фестӕг (festæg), фистӕг (fistæg, “pedestrian”), Old Persian 𐎱𐎿𐎫𐎡 (p-s-t-i, “foot soldier, infantryman”), Sanskrit पद्यते (padyate, “to fall, topple; to perish”), Hittite 𒁉𒂊𒁕𒀭 (“place; floor, ground”).

179 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Southern Altai: кижен (kižen) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Arabic: غُلّ (ḡull) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Arabic: أَغْلال (ʔaḡlāl) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Arabic: ڭيد (gīd) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Arabic: شكال (škal) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Armenian: ոտնակապ (otnakap) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Old Armenian: պարաւանդ (parawand) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Azerbaijani: buxov — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Bulgarian: букаи (bukai) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Bulgarian: окови (okovi) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Burmese: ထူး (htu:) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Catalan: grilló — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Chinese Mandarin: 鐐 /镣 (liào, liáo) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Chinese Mandarin: 脚镣 (jiǎoliào) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Crimean Tatar: kişen — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Czech: pouto — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Czech: pouta — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Czech: okovy — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Danish: lænke — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Danish: fodlænke — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Dutch: kluister — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Dutch: boei — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Finnish: kahleet — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Finnish: kahle — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• French: entrave — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• French: fers — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Galician: péga — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Galician: pexa — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Galician: traba — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Galician: solta — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Galician: ferros — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• German: Fessel — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• German: Fußfessel — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• German: Fußschelle — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹 (naudibandi) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Ancient Greek: πέδη (pédē) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Ancient Greek: δεσμός (desmós) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Hindi: बेड़ी (beṛī) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Hungarian: béklyó — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Hungarian: lábbilincs — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Irish: laincis — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Italian: ferri — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Italian: ceppi — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Kyrgyz: кишен (kişen) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Latin: vinculum — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Latin: compēs — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Macedonian: о́ков (ókov) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Macedonian: пра́нга (pránga) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Norwegian Bokmål: lenke — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Norwegian Bokmål: fotlenke — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Occitan: enfèrrias — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Occitan: enfèrris — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Occitan: entrava — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Occitan: trava — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Persian: غل و زنجیر (ġol o zanjir) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Persian: بند (band) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Persian: اشکیل (eškil) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Plautdietsch: Iesa (nds) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Plautdietsch: Spaunsel — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Polish: kajdany — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Polish: okowy — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Polish: pęto — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Polish: pęta — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Portuguese: ferros — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Portuguese: grilhões — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Portuguese: grilhetas — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Portuguese: peia — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Russian: пу́ты (púty) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Russian: око́вы (okóvy) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Russian: кандалы́ (kandalý) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Scottish Gaelic: dì-leum — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Scottish Gaelic: cuibhreach — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Lower Sorbian: pyto — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Spanish: grillos — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Spanish: pihuelas — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Spanish: manea — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Spanish: pihuela — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Spanish: grillete — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Spanish: apea — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Swedish: fotboja — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Thai: ตรวน (dtruuan) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Tocharian B: śanmau — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Turkish: pranga — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Turkish: köstek — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Ottoman Turkish: بوقاغی (bukağı) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Ottoman Turkish: زنجیر (zincir) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Ottoman Turkish: كوستك (köstek) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Ottoman Turkish: پرانقه (pranka) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Ottoman Turkish: طومروق (tomruk) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Ukrainian: пу́та (púta) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Ukrainian: око́ви (okóvy) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Urdu: بیڑی (beṛī) — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Walloon: epîtoe — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Welsh: llyffethair — object used to bind a person or animal by its legs
• Azerbaijani: buxov — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Bulgarian: окови (okovi) — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Catalan: obstacle — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Chinese Cantonese: 束縛 /束缚 (cuk1 bok3) — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Chinese Cantonese: 限制 (haan6 zai3) — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Czech: okovy — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Finnish: kahle — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• French: entrave — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• French: obstacle — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Galician: pega — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Galician: pexa — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Galician: traba — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Galician: obstáculo — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Ancient Greek: δεσμός (desmós) — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Hungarian: bilincs — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Hungarian: lánc — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Italian: ostacoli — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Latin: vinculum — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Macedonian: о́ков (ókov) — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Occitan: entrava — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Occitan: obstacle — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Occitan: trava — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Occitan: enfèrris — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Persian: قید (qeyd) — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Persian: قید و بند — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Portuguese: grilhões — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Portuguese: peia — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Russian: пу́ты (púty) — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Russian: око́вы (okóvy) — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Sanskrit: राहुल (rāhula) — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Spanish: grillos — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Spanish: pihuela — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Spanish: traba — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Spanish: obstáculo — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Turkish: köstek — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Walloon: aroke — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Walloon: atna — anything that restricts or restrains in any way
• Arabic: ڭيد (geyyed) — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Arabic: شكل (šekkel) — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Bulgarian: оковавам (okovavam) — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Catalan: engrillonar — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Chinese Mandarin: 束縛 /束缚 (shùfù, shùfú) — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Esperanto: alkateni — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Finnish: kahlita — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• French: entraver — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Galician: pexar — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Ancient Greek: δέω (déō) — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Ancient Greek: πεδάω (pedáō) — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Ido: katenizar — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Irish: cuibhrigh — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Old Irish: con·rig — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Italian: incatenare — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Macedonian: оковува (okovuva) — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Persian: بستن (bastan) — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Portuguese: agrilhoar — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Russian: заковывать (zakovyvatʹ) — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Scottish Gaelic: cuibhrich — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Spanish: engrillar — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Spanish: aherrojar — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Swedish: fjättra — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Turkish: bukağılamak — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Turkish: pranga vurmak — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Turkish: kösteklemek — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Ottoman Turkish: بوقاغیلمق (bukağılamak) — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Ottoman Turkish: كوستكلمك (kösteklemek) — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Walloon: epîter — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Walloon: efirdjî — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Walloon: epasturer — to shackle or bind up with fetters
• Bulgarian: спъвам (spǎvam) — to restrain or impede
• Bulgarian: ограничавам (ograničavam) — to restrain or impede
• Catalan: impedir — to restrain or impede
• Chinese Mandarin: 束縛 /束缚 (shùfù, shùfú) — to restrain or impede
• Finnish: kahlita — to restrain or impede
• Finnish: rajoittaa — to restrain or impede
• French: entraver — to restrain or impede
• Ancient Greek: δέω (déō) — to restrain or impede
• Ancient Greek: πεδάω (pedáō) — to restrain or impede
• Italian: ostacolare — to restrain or impede
• Latin: teneo — to restrain or impede
• Portuguese: agrilhoar — to restrain or impede
• Russian: сковывать (skovyvatʹ) — to restrain or impede
• Russian: свя́зывать (svjázyvatʹ) — to restrain or impede
• Spanish: impedir — to restrain or impede
• Turkish: pranga vurmak — to restrain or impede
• Turkish: kösteklemek — to restrain or impede