litter

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• General-American: /ˈlɪt.ɚ/
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• [ˈlɪɾ.ɚ] Canada, US, flapping
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• homophone: lidder
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• CMU ARPABET: L IH1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legh-der. Latin lectus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin -āria Late Latin lectuāria Old French litiere Anglo-Norman literebor. Middle English litere English litter Inherited from Middle English litere, borrowed from Anglo-Norman litere, from Old French litiere (“bedding; bed of loose straw; litter”), from Late Latin lectuāria, from Latin lectus + -āria.

291 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: estru — bedding for animals
• Belarusian: по́дсціл (pódscil) — bedding for animals
• Belarusian: по́дсьціл (pódsʹcil) — bedding for animals
• Bulgarian: постеля (postelja) — bedding for animals
• Chinese Mandarin: 垫料 — bedding for animals
• Dutch: strooisel — bedding for animals
• Finnish: kuivike — bedding for animals
• French: litière — bedding for animals
• Galician: estrume — bedding for animals
• Galician: valume — bedding for animals
• Galician: louza — bedding for animals
• Galician: mulime — bedding for animals
• German: Streu — bedding for animals
• German: Stroh — bedding for animals
• Hungarian: alom — bedding for animals
• Italian: lettiera — bedding for animals
• Polish: ściółka — bedding for animals
• Russian: подсти́лка (podstílka) — bedding for animals
• Spanish: cama — bedding for animals
• Spanish: lecho — bedding for animals
• Swedish: strö — bedding for animals
• Turkish: altlık — bedding for animals
• Ukrainian: підсти́лка (pidstýlka) — bedding for animals
• Ukrainian: пости́лка (postýlka) — bedding for animals
• Welsh: gwasarn — bedding for animals
• Welsh: llaesodr — bedding for animals
• Welsh: llaesod — bedding for animals
• Arabic: مِحَفَّة (miḥaffa) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Armenian: պատգարակ (patgarak) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Armenian: դեսպակ (despak) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Belarusian: паланкі́н (palankín) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Belarusian: насі́лкі (nasílki) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Bulgarian: носи́лка (nosílka) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Bulgarian: паланки́н (palankín) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Chinese Mandarin: 輿 /舆 (yú) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Chinese Mandarin: 轎 /轿 (jiào) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Chinese Mandarin: 擔架 /担架 (dānjià) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Czech: nosítka — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Dutch: draagkoets — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Dutch: draagstoel — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Dutch: draagbaar — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Dutch: rosbaar — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Egyptian: q:n-i-W-D32:xt (qnjw) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Esperanto: portilo — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Finnish: kantotuoli — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• French: litière — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Galician: andas — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Galician: liteira — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• German: Sänfte — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• German: Trage — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• German: Bahre — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Ancient Greek: φορεῖον (phoreîon) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Hebrew: מטה (mitá) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Hindi: डोली (ḍolī) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Hindi: डोला (ḍolā) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Hindi: पालकी (pālkī) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Hungarian: hordágy — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Hungarian: hordszék — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Ido: kamilo — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Italian: lettiga — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Italian: portantina — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Italian: seggetta — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Italian: palanchino (palanquin) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Italian: sedia gestatoria — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Japanese: 乗り物 (norimono) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Japanese: 駕籠 (kago) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Japanese: 輿 (koshi) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Japanese: 神輿 (mikoshi) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Latin: lectica — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Latin: sella — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Latin: lecticula — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Latin: feretrum — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Latin: capulum — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Latin: lectica funebris — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Latin: lectus funebris — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Latin: basterna — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Macedonian: но́силка (nósilka) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Malagasy: ankolany — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Māori: kauamo — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Māori: whataamo — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Māori: kauhoa — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Polish: lektyka — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Portuguese: andor — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Portuguese: charola — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Portuguese: palanquim — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Portuguese: liteira — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Portuguese: maca — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Quechua: wantu — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Romanian: lectică — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Romanian: litieră — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Russian: паланки́н (palankín) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Russian: носи́лки (nosílki) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Sanskrit: दोल (dola) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Serbo-Croatian: но̀сӣљка — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Serbo-Croatian: nòsīljka — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Slovene: nosilnica — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Spanish: litera — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Spanish: artolas — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Swedish: bår — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Swedish: bärstol — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Turkish: sedye — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Turkish: teskere — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Turkish: tahtırevan — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Ottoman Turkish: سدیه (sedye) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Ottoman Turkish: تسكره (teskere) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Ukrainian: паланкі́н (palankín) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Ukrainian: носи́лки (nosýlky) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Ukrainian: носи́лка (nosýlka) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Umbrian: 𐌚𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌍𐌄 (ferine) — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Welsh: elor — platform designed to carry a person or a load — see also sedan chair, palanquin
• Belarusian: вы́вадак (vývadak) — animals born in one birth
• Breton: torad — animals born in one birth
• Bulgarian: коти́ло (kotílo) — animals born in one birth
• Catalan: ventrada — animals born in one birth
• Chamicuro: pujchi — animals born in one birth
• Chinese Mandarin: 窝 (wō) — animals born in one birth
• Danish: kuld — animals born in one birth
• Dutch: worp — animals born in one birth
• Estonian: pesakond — animals born in one birth
• Finnish: poikue — animals born in one birth
• Finnish: pesue — animals born in one birth
• Finnish: pentue — animals born in one birth
• French: portée — animals born in one birth
• Galician: niñada — animals born in one birth
• Galician: camada — animals born in one birth
• Galician: rolada — animals born in one birth
• German: Wurf — animals born in one birth
• Hebrew: שגר — animals born in one birth
• Hungarian: alom — animals born in one birth
• Icelandic: samburar — animals born in one birth
• Icelandic: got — animals born in one birth
• Icelandic: ungar — animals born in one birth
• Irish: ál — animals born in one birth
• Italian: cucciolata — animals born in one birth
• Japanese: 一腹の子 (hito hara no ko) — animals born in one birth
• Latvian: vaisla — animals born in one birth
• Lithuanian: vada — animals born in one birth
• Macedonian: ко́тило (kótilo) — animals born in one birth
• Malay: perinduk — animals born in one birth
• Malay: seperinduk — animals born in one birth
• Māori: punipuni — animals born in one birth
• Norman: câlée — animals born in one birth
• Norman: nichie — animals born in one birth
• Norman: portée — animals born in one birth
• Norwegian Bokmål: kull — animals born in one birth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kull — animals born in one birth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bøle — animals born in one birth
• Polish: miot — animals born in one birth
• Portuguese: ninhada — animals born in one birth
• Russian: припло́д (priplód) — animals born in one birth
• Russian: помёт (pomjót) — animals born in one birth
• Russian: вы́водок (vývodok) — animals born in one birth
• Serbo-Croatian: ле́гло — animals born in one birth
• Serbo-Croatian: léglo — animals born in one birth
• Slovene: leglo — animals born in one birth
• Spanish: camada — animals born in one birth
• Spanish: lechigada — animals born in one birth
• Spanish: cachillada — animals born in one birth
• Spanish: ventregada — animals born in one birth
• Swedish: kull — animals born in one birth
• Ukrainian: ви́водок (vývodok) — animals born in one birth
• Welsh: torllwyth — animals born in one birth
• Welsh: torraid — animals born in one birth
• Belarusian: сме́цце (smjéccje) — discarded items
• Belarusian: смяццё (smjaccjó) — discarded items
• Belarusian: сьмяцьцё (sʹmjacʹcjó) — discarded items
• Bulgarian: боклу́к (boklúk) — discarded items
• Catalan: escombraries — discarded items
• Catalan: deixalles — discarded items
• Catalan: brossa — discarded items
• Chinese Mandarin: 垃圾 (lājī, lèsè) — discarded items
• Dutch: afval — discarded items
• Dutch: zwerfafval — discarded items
• Dutch: vuil — discarded items
• Dutch: zwerfvuil — discarded items
• Dutch: vuilnis — discarded items
• Finnish: roska — discarded items
• Finnish: roina — discarded items
• French: détritus — discarded items
• Galician: estrumeira — discarded items
• Galician: lixo — discarded items
• German: Abfall — discarded items
• German: Unrat — discarded items
• German: Müll — discarded items
• German: Abfälle — discarded items
• Hungarian: hulladék — discarded items
• Hungarian: szemét — discarded items
• Icelandic: rusl — discarded items
• Icelandic: drasl — discarded items
• Ingrian: rikka — discarded items
• Ingrian: roska — discarded items
• Ingrian: moška — discarded items
• Italian: rifiuti — discarded items
• Italian: immondizia — discarded items
• Italian: spazzatura — discarded items
• Japanese: ごみ (gomi) — discarded items
• Kazakh: қоқыс (qoqys) — discarded items
• Lithuanian: šiukšlės — discarded items
• Lithuanian: pabiros — discarded items
• Macedonian: ѓу́бре (ǵúbre) — discarded items
• Macedonian: о́тпадок (ótpadok) — discarded items
• Malayalam: ചവറ് (cavaṟŭ) — discarded items
• Māori: parahanga — discarded items
• Polish: śmieci — discarded items
• Portuguese: lixo — discarded items
• Russian: сор (sor) — discarded items
• Russian: му́сор (músor) — discarded items
• Spanish: detritus — discarded items
• Spanish: basura — discarded items
• Spanish: basuraleza — discarded items
• Swedish: skräp — discarded items
• Swedish: avfall — discarded items
• Swedish: sopor — discarded items
• Ukrainian: сміття́ (smittjá) — discarded items
• Ukrainian: смі́ття (smíttja) — discarded items
• Chinese Mandarin: 枯枝落叶层 (kūzhīluòyècéng) — layer of dead leaves and other organic matter
• Czech: mrť — layer of dead leaves and other organic matter
• Estonian: varis — layer of dead leaves and other organic matter
• Finnish: karike — layer of dead leaves and other organic matter
• French: litière — layer of dead leaves and other organic matter
• Galician: frouma — layer of dead leaves and other organic matter
• Galician: batume — layer of dead leaves and other organic matter
• Galician: fronza — layer of dead leaves and other organic matter
• Galician: mulime — layer of dead leaves and other organic matter
• Galician: estrume — layer of dead leaves and other organic matter
• German: Streu — layer of dead leaves and other organic matter
• German: Bodenstreu — layer of dead leaves and other organic matter
• Polish: ściółka — layer of dead leaves and other organic matter
• Spanish: colchón de hojas — layer of dead leaves and other organic matter
• Swedish: lövtäcke — layer of dead leaves and other organic matter
• Swedish: fjolårslöv — layer of dead leaves and other organic matter
• Finnish: kuivike — material for litter tray
• French: litière — material for litter tray
• Galician: estrume — material for litter tray
• German: Streu — material for litter tray
• German: Einstreu — material for litter tray
• Hungarian: alom — material for litter tray
• Italian: lettiera — material for litter tray
• Polish: ściółka — material for litter tray
• Polish: żwirek — material for litter tray
• Russian: подсти́лка (podstílka) — material for litter tray
• Spanish: lecho — material for litter tray
• Swedish: strö — material for litter tray
• Arabic: بَعْثَرَ (baʕṯara) — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Azerbaijani: zibilləmək — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Belarusian: сме́ціць (smjécicʹ) — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Belarusian: насме́чваць (nasmjéčvacʹ) — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Bulgarian: замърсявам (zamǎrsjavam) — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Bulgarian: замърся (zamǎrsja) — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Chinese Mandarin: 亂丟垃圾 /乱丢垃圾 (luàndiū lājī) — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Chinese Mandarin: 亂丟垃圾 /乱丢垃圾 (luàndiū lèsè) — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Dutch: sluikstorten — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Finnish: roskata — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• French: jeter des ordures — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Galician: lixar — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Galician: ciscar — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Galician: estrar — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• German: vermüllen — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• German: wegwerfen — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Japanese: ごみをすてる (gomi o suteru) — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Norwegian Bokmål: forsøple — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Polish: śmiecić — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Polish: naśmiecić — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Polish: świntuszyć — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Russian: сори́ть (sorítʹ) — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Russian: насори́ть (nasorítʹ) — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Russian: му́сорить (músoritʹ) — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Spanish: tirar basura en — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Spanish: hacer basuraleza — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Spanish: crear basuraleza — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Spanish: generar basuraleza — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Swedish: skräpa ner — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Ukrainian: сміти́ти (smitýty) — drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it
• Azerbaijani: balalamaq — give birth
• Bulgarian: раждам (raždam) — give birth
• Bulgarian: родя (rodja) — give birth
• Chinese Mandarin: 产仔 — give birth
• Dutch: werpen — give birth
• Finnish: poikia — give birth
• Galician: parir — give birth
• German: werfen — give birth
• German: ferkeln — give birth
• German: abferkeln — give birth
• Hungarian: kölykezik — give birth
• Ingrian: poikiissa — give birth
• Ingrian: poikia — give birth
• Ingrian: poikihua — give birth
• Ingrian: poikihussa — give birth
• Romanian: făta — give birth
• Spanish: parir — give birth
• Ottoman Turkish: یاورولامق (yavrulamak) — give birth