oter

See also: otěr, ôter, and -oter

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /otɛː/

Etymology 1

From French auteur.

Noun

oter

1. author; writer

   Synonym: ekrivin

Etymology 2

From French hauteur.

Noun

oter

1. height

Related terms

• ot

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ootyr, otere, otter, otir, otre, ottere, otur, otyr, otyre

Etymology

From Old English otor, from Proto-West Germanic *otr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔtər/
• (lengthened) IPA^(key): /ˈɒːtər/, /ˈɔːtər/

Noun

oter (plural otyrs)

1. An otter (aquatic mammal)
2. The hide, skin or pelt of an otter.

Descendants

• English: otter
• Scots: otter

References

• “oter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse otr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːtər/
• Rhymes: -uːtər

Noun

oter m (definite singular oteren, indefinite plural otere or otre or otrer, definite plural oterne or otrene)

1. an otter

References

• “oter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

oter (1)

Etymology

From Old Norse otr, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós. From the root *wed- (“water”). Akin to English otter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹o(ː)tər/, (some places) /¹uːtər/
• Rhymes: -oːtər, -uːtər
• Hyphenation: ò‧ter

Noun

oter m (definite singular otren, indefinite plural otrar, definite plural otrane)

1. an otter, an aquatic mammal of the subfamily Lutrinae
   1. a European otter, Lutra lutra
      • 1892, Hans Reusch, translated by Marius Hægstad, Naturkunna:

        Oteren hev symjehud millom tærna; han er greid til aa symja og liver av fisk.

        The otter has webbed toes, it swims well and feeds on fish.

2. (fishing) a small otter board

   Synonym: oterfjøl

Derived terms

• otra, otre (verb)
• oterfelle f
• oterfjøl f
• oterskinn n

Related terms

• Otra (river in Agder)

References

• “oter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ter/

Noun

oter m

1. Alternative form of otor

Romansch

Alternative forms

• auter (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)

Etymology

From Latin alter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élteros (“the other of two”).

Adjective

oter m (feminine singular otra, masculine plural oters, feminine plural otras)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) other
2. (time, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) next, coming

Synonyms

• (next, coming):
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) proxim
  • (Puter, Vallader) prossem