otter

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒt.ə/
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• General-American: ŏtʹər
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• General-American: /ˈɑtɚ/
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• homophone: odder (US)
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• rhymes with -ɒtə(ɹ)
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• General-American: [(ʔ)ɑɾɚ]
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• CMU ARPABET: AA1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

Corruption of annotto.

220 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: аԥслы (apslə) — mammal
• Afrikaans: otter — mammal
• Ainu: エサマン (esáman) — mammal
• Albanian: lundërz — mammal
• Albanian: vidër — mammal
• Albanian: lundër — mammal
• Algonquin: nigig — mammal
• Southern Altai: камду (kamdu) — mammal
• Arabic: قُضَاعَة (quḍāʕa) — mammal
• Arabic: ثَعْلَب الْمَاء (ṯaʕlab al-māʔ) — mammal
• Aragonese: loira — mammal
• Aragonese: luria — mammal
• Aragonese: nuria — mammal
• Armenian: ջրասամույր (ǰrasamuyr) — mammal
• Old Armenian: շնջրի (šnǰri) — mammal
• Aromanian: vidrã — mammal
• Assamese: উদ (ud) — mammal
• Asturian: llóndriga — mammal
• Asturian: llóndrigu — mammal
• Azerbaijani: çay samuru — mammal
• West Coast Bajau: dongor — mammal
• West Coast Bajau: embirud — mammal
• Bashkir: ҡама (qama) — mammal
• Bashkir: ҡамсат (qamsat) — mammal
• Basque: igaraba — mammal
• Basque: urtxakur — mammal
• Belarusian: вы́дра (výdra) — mammal
• Bengali: ভোঁদড় (bhō̃doṛ) — mammal
• Bau Bidayuh: biron — mammal
• Breton: dourgi — mammal
• Breton: ki-dour — mammal
• Bulgarian: ви́дра (vídra) — mammal
• Burmese: ဖျံ (hpyam) — mammal
• Carpathian Rusyn: выдра (vŷdra) — mammal
• Catalan: llúdria — mammal
• Catalan: llúdriga — mammal
• Chepang: तीःचोरो — mammal
• Cherokee: ᏥᏯ (tsiya) — mammal
• Cheyenne: náa'e — mammal
• Chinese Mandarin: 水獺 /水獭 (shuǐtǎ) — mammal
• Chipewyan: ną́bį — mammal
• Chukchi: кыквэтвун (kykvėtvun) — mammal
• Chukchi: нэннэт (nėnnėt) — mammal
• Chuvash: ӑтӑр (ăt̬ăr) — mammal
• Coptic: ⲟⲩϩⲟⲣ ⲙⲱⲟⲩ (ouhor mōou) — mammal
• Czech: vydra — mammal
• Danish: odder — mammal
• Dutch: otter — mammal
• Dzongkha: སྲམ (sram) — mammal
• Erzya: пачалапа (pačalapa) — mammal
• Esperanto: lutro — mammal
• Estonian: saarmas — mammal
• Faroese: otur — mammal
• Finnish: saukko — mammal
• French: loutre — mammal
• West-Frisian: fiskotter — mammal
• Friulian: lodre — mammal
• Galician: lontra — mammal
• Galician: londra — mammal
• Galician: ludra — mammal
• Galician: lóndrega — mammal
• Georgian: წავი (c̣avi) — mammal
• German: Otter — mammal
• Greek: βίδρα (vídra) — mammal
• Ancient Greek: ἔνυδρις (énudris) — mammal
• Halkomelem: sq'á:tl' — mammal
• Hebrew: לוּטְרָה (lútra) — mammal
• Hebrew: כֶּלֶב נָהָר (kélev nahar) — mammal
• Hindi: ऊदबिलाव (ūdbilāv) — mammal
• Hindi: ऊद (ūd) — mammal
• Hungarian: vidra — mammal
• Icelandic: otur — mammal
• Ido: lutro — mammal
• Indonesian: berang-berang — mammal
• Irish: dobharchú — mammal
• Irish: madra uisce — mammal
• Irish: dobhrán — mammal
• Irish: cú dobhráin — mammal
• Old Irish: doburchú — mammal
• Italian: lontra — mammal
• Japanese: 獺 (kawauso) — mammal
• Japanese: 川獺 (kawauso) — mammal
• Japanese: カワウソ (kawauso) — mammal
• Japanese: 海獺 (rakko) — mammal
• Japanese: ラッコ (rakko) — mammal
• Jingpho: shäram — mammal
• Kashmiri: وۄدُر (vọdur) — mammal
• Kazakh: кәмшат (kämşat) — mammal
• Kazakh: қамшат (qamşat) — mammal
• Eastern Khanty: вӑнтәр (wăntər) — mammal
• Khmer: ភេ (phei) — mammal
• Komi-Zyrian: вурд (vurd) — mammal
• Korean: 수달 (sudal) — mammal
• Central Kurdish: سەگاوی (segawî) — mammal
• Kyrgyz: кундуз (kunduz) — mammal
• Ladin: lontra — mammal
• Ladino: lontra — mammal
• Lao: ນາກ (nāk) — mammal
• Latgalian: iudrys — mammal
• Latin: lutra — mammal
• Latvian: ūdrs — mammal
• Laz: წვინარი (ǯvinari) — mammal
• Lithuanian: ūdra — mammal
• Low German: Otter — mammal
• Lun Bawang: dengen — mammal
• Macedonian: видра (vidra) — mammal
• Malay: anjing air — mammal
• Malay: berang-berang — mammal
• Malay: memerang — mammal
• Malay: انجيڠ اءير — mammal
• Malay: برڠ٢ — mammal
• Malayalam: നീർനായ (nīṟnāya) — mammal
• Maltese: lontra — mammal
• Manchu: ᡥᠠᡳᠯᡠᠨ (hailun) — mammal
• Manx: dooarchoo — mammal
• Manx: moddey ushtey — mammal
• Māori: ōtā — mammal
• Marathi: पाणमांजर (pāṇmāñjar) — mammal
• Central Melanau: dengen — mammal
• Mi'kmaq: giwnig — mammal
• Mingrelian: წვინარი (c̣vinari) — mammal
• Mon: ဖေံ — mammal
• Mongolian: халиг (xalig) — mammal
• Mongolian: халиу (xaliu) — mammal
• Tagal Murut: tilung — mammal
• Central Nahuatl: ahuitzotl — mammal
• Classical Nahuatl: āhuitzōtl — mammal
• Navajo: tábąąstíín — mammal
• Nepali: उद्र (udra) — mammal
• Nepali: ओत (ot) — mammal
• Norwegian Bokmål: oter — mammal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: oter — mammal
• Occitan: loira — mammal
• Odia: ଓଧ (odha) — mammal
• Old East Slavic: вꙑдра (vydra) — mammal
• Old English: otor — mammal
• Pannonian Rusyn: видра (vidra) — mammal
• Persian: سمور آبی (samur-e âbi) — mammal
• Pipil: ākuyūt — mammal
• Pirahã: pibaóí — mammal
• Polish: wydra — mammal
• Portuguese: lontra — mammal
• Romanian: lutră — mammal
• Romanian: vidră — mammal
• Romansh: ludra — mammal
• Romansh: lutra — mammal
• Russian: вы́дра (výdra) — mammal
• Northern Sami: čeavrris — mammal
• Southern Sami: tjeavra — mammal
• Sanskrit: उद्र (udra) — mammal
• Santali: ᱚᱫᱟᱢ (ôdam) — mammal
• Santali: ᱩᱫᱟᱢ (udam) — mammal
• Saraiki: اُدڑ (udṛ) — mammal
• Sardinian: lontra — mammal
• Scottish Gaelic: dòbhran — mammal
• Scottish Gaelic: biast-dubh — mammal
• Scottish Gaelic: dobhar-chù — mammal
• Scottish Gaelic: biast-donn (Islay) — mammal
• Scottish Gaelic: madadh-donn — mammal
• Scottish Gaelic: cù-donn — mammal
• Serbo-Croatian: ви̏дра — mammal
• Serbo-Croatian: vȉdra — mammal
• Siberian Tatar: ҡамнау (qamnau) — mammal
• Sicilian: lutra — mammal
• Slovak: vydra — mammal
• Slovene: vidra — mammal
• Lower Sorbian: wudra — mammal
• Upper Sorbian: wudra — mammal
• Spanish: nutria — mammal
• Spanish: lutria — mammal
• Spanish: nutra — mammal
• Spanish: ludria — mammal
• Sranan Tongo: watradagu — mammal
• Sundanese: séro — mammal
• Svan: წიუ̂ე̄რ (c̣iûēr) — mammal
• Swahili: ota — mammal
• Swedish: utter — mammal
• Tagalog: dungon — mammal
• Tajik: самури обӣ (samur-i obi) — mammal
• Tajik: сагобӣ (sagobi) — mammal
• Tajik: саги обӣ (sag-i obi) — mammal
• Tamil: நீர்நாய் (nīrnāy) — mammal
• Telugu: ఉద్రము (udramu) — mammal
• Telugu: నీటి కుక్క (nīṭi kukka) — mammal
• Telugu: నీరుకుక్క (nīrukukka) — mammal
• Telugu: నీరుపిల్లి (nīrupilli) — mammal
• Thai: นาก (nâak) — mammal
• Tigrinya: ጣቑስታ (ṭax̣usta) — mammal
• Turkish: su samuru — mammal
• Turkish: lutr — mammal
• Ottoman Turkish: صو سموری (su samuru) — mammal
• Turkmen: gunduz — mammal
• Udmurt: вад (vad) — mammal
• Udmurt: вудор (vudor) — mammal
• Ukrainian: ви́дра (výdra) — mammal
• Unami: kwënëmuxkw — mammal
• Urdu: اودبلاؤ (ūd-bilā'o) — mammal
• Uyghur: قۇندۇز (qunduz) — mammal
• Uyghur: قاما (qama) — mammal
• Uzbek: qunduz — mammal
• Venetan: lùdria — mammal
• Venetan: lodra — mammal
• Vietnamese: rái cá — mammal
• Vietnamese: rái — mammal
• Volapük: lutar — mammal
• Walloon: lote — mammal
• Welsh: dyfrgi — mammal
• Welsh: dwrgi — mammal
• Yámana: éepux — mammal
• Yiddish: ווידרע (vidre) — mammal
• Zhuang: nag — mammal
• Finnish: apina — slender hairy man
• French: loutre — slender hairy man
• Georgian: წავი (c̣avi) — slender hairy man
• Georgian: მგელი (mgeli) — slender hairy man
• Japanese: 熊 (kuma) — slender hairy man
• Navajo: ditłʼoiitsʼózí — slender hairy man
• Polish: otter — slender hairy man
• Swedish: utter — slender hairy man
• Turkish: ayı — slender hairy man