lather

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• Received-Pronunciation: lä'thə
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• Received-Pronunciation: lăth'ə
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɑː.ðə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlæð.ə/
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• General-American: /ˈlæð.ɚ/
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• rhymes with -æðə(ɹ)
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• rhymes with -ɑːðə(ɹ)
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• homophone: lava
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• homophone: larva (Cockney)
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• CMU ARPABET: L AE1 DH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English lather, from Old English lēaþor (“a kind of nitre used for soap, soda”), from Proto-West Germanic *lauþr, from Proto-Germanic *lauþrą (“that which is used for washing, soap”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówh3trom (“that which is used for washing”), from *lewh3-, *lowh3- (“to wash, bathe”). Cognate with Swedish lödder (“lather, foam, froth, soap”), Icelandic löður (“foam, froth, a kind of niter used for soap”), Old Irish loathar (“wash-basin”), Ancient Greek λουτρόν (loutrón, “a bath, wash-room”), Latin lavō (“to wash”), Albanian laj (“to wash”), Ancient Greek λούω (loúō). More at lye. Compare typologically Russian мы́ло (mýlo) (a nomen instrumenti of мыть (mytʹ)).

From Middle English letheren, from Old English līeþran, from Proto-West Germanic *lauþrijan, from Proto-Germanic *lauþrijaną (“to soap, wash”). Cognate with Old Norse leyðra (“to wash, lather”).

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Central Bikol: subo — foam of soap and water
• Bulgarian: сапунена пяна (sapunena pjana) — foam of soap and water
• Catalan: sabonera — foam of soap and water
• Chinese Mandarin: 泡沫兒 /泡沫儿 (pàomòr) — foam of soap and water
• Czech: mydliny — foam of soap and water
• Czech: mýdlová pěna — foam of soap and water
• Dutch: sop — foam of soap and water
• Dutch: zeepsop — foam of soap and water
• Dutch: schuim — foam of soap and water
• Esperanto: sapŝaŭmo — foam of soap and water
• Finnish: saippuavaahto — foam of soap and water
• Finnish: vaahto — foam of soap and water
• French: mousse de savon — foam of soap and water
• Galician: escuma — foam of soap and water
• Galician: espuma — foam of soap and water
• German: Seifenschaum — foam of soap and water
• German: Schaum — foam of soap and water
• Hungarian: szappanhab — foam of soap and water
• Hungarian: hab — foam of soap and water
• Ingrian: muilanvaahto — foam of soap and water
• Irish: sobal — foam of soap and water
• Italian: schiuma di sapone — foam of soap and water
• Japanese: 泡 — foam of soap and water
• Japanese: 泡沫 — foam of soap and water
• Korean: 비누 거품 (binu geopum) — foam of soap and water
• Macedonian: сапуница (sapunica) — foam of soap and water
• Malayalam: പത (pata) — foam of soap and water
• Mongolian: хөөс (xöös) — foam of soap and water
• Norwegian: skum — foam of soap and water
• Persian: کف (kaf) — foam of soap and water
• Plautdietsch: Schum — foam of soap and water
• Polish: piana mydlana — foam of soap and water
• Portuguese: espuma — foam of soap and water
• Russian: мы́льная пе́на (mýlʹnaja péna) — foam of soap and water
• Serbo-Croatian: сапу̀ница — foam of soap and water
• Serbo-Croatian: sapùnica — foam of soap and water
• Spanish: espuma de jabón — foam of soap and water
• Spanish: espuma jabonosa — foam of soap and water
• Spanish: espuma saponácea — foam of soap and water
• Swedish: lödder — foam of soap and water
• Telugu: నురగ (nuraga) — foam of soap and water
• Turkish: sabun köpürmek — foam of soap and water
• Ottoman Turkish: كوپوك (köpük) — foam of soap and water
• Ukrainian: мильна піна (mylʹna pina) — foam of soap and water
• Welsh: trochion — foam of soap and water
• Czech: pěna — foam from profuse sweating
• Dutch: paardenschuim — foam from profuse sweating
• Finnish: vaahto — foam from profuse sweating
• French: écume — foam from profuse sweating
• German: Schaum — foam from profuse sweating
• German: Pferdeschaum — foam from profuse sweating
• Hungarian: hab — foam from profuse sweating
• Hungarian: tajték — foam from profuse sweating
• Irish: brat allais — foam from profuse sweating
• Russian: пе́на (péna) — foam from profuse sweating
• Ukrainian: піна (pina) — foam from profuse sweating
• Ukrainian: мило (mylo) — foam from profuse sweating
• Finnish: vaahtoaminen — state of agitation
• Bulgarian: насапунисвам (nasapunisvam) — to cover with lather
• Catalan: ensabonar — to cover with lather
• Czech: namydlit — to cover with lather
• Dutch: inzepen — to cover with lather
• Dutch: soppen — to cover with lather
• Finnish: vaahdottaa — to cover with lather
• Finnish: saippuoida — to cover with lather
• French: savonner — to cover with lather
• Galician: enxaboar — to cover with lather
• German: einschäumen — to cover with lather
• Hungarian: szappanoz — to cover with lather
• Hungarian: beszappanoz — to cover with lather
• Italian: insaponare — to cover with lather
• Macedonian: насапунува (nasapunuva) — to cover with lather
• Polish: mydlić — to cover with lather
• Polish: namydlać — to cover with lather
• Polish: namydlić — to cover with lather
• Portuguese: ensaboar — to cover with lather
• Russian: мы́лить (mýlitʹ) — to cover with lather
• Russian: намы́лить (namýlitʹ) — to cover with lather
• Serbo-Croatian: сапуњати — to cover with lather
• Serbo-Croatian: насапуњати — to cover with lather
• Serbo-Croatian: sapunjati — to cover with lather
• Serbo-Croatian: nasapunjati — to cover with lather
• Spanish: enjabonar — to cover with lather
• Turkish: sabunlamak — to cover with lather
• Ottoman Turkish: صابونلامق (sabunlamak) — to cover with lather
• Ukrainian: милити (mylyty) — to cover with lather
• Ukrainian: намилити (namylyty) — to cover with lather
• Welsh: seboni — to cover with lather
• Welsh: trochioni — to cover with lather
• Welsh: golchi — to cover with lather
• Bulgarian: бия (bija) — to beat or whip
• Bulgarian: пердаша (perdaša) — to beat or whip
• Czech: našlehat — to beat or whip
• Finnish: vaahdottaa — to beat or whip
• Finnish: vatkata — to beat or whip
• Finnish: vispata — to beat or whip
• German: aufschäumen — to beat or whip
• German: aufschlagen — to beat or whip
• Hungarian: megruház — to beat or whip
• Hungarian: eldönget — to beat or whip
• Hungarian: megver — to beat or whip
• Ukrainian: бити (byty) — to beat or whip
• Ukrainian: шмагати (šmahaty) — to beat or whip
• German: schäumen — to form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating
• Hungarian: habzik — to form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating
• Spanish: espumar — to form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating
• Spanish: espumear — to form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating
• Ukrainian: покриватися милом (pokryvatysja mylom) — to form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating
• Ukrainian: покриватися піною (pokryvatysja pinoju) — to form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating