otter

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otter

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Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒt.ə/
(General American) enPR: ŏtʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈɑtɚ/, [(ʔ)ɑɾɚ]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Homophone: odder (US)
Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

otter (plural otters)

An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others.
(gay slang) A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset.

Derived terms

Translations

mammal

Abkhaz: аԥслы (apslə)
Afrikaans: otter
Ainu: エサマン (esáman)
Albanian: lundërz (sq) f, vidër (sq) f, lundër (sq) f
Algonquin: nigig
Arabic: قُضَاعَة f (quḍāʕa), ثَعْلَب الْمَاء m (ṯaʕlab al-māʔ)
Aragonese: loira f, luria f, nuria f
Armenian: ջրասամույր (hy) (ǰrasamuyr)
Old Armenian: շնջրի (šnǰri)
Aromanian: vidrã f
Assamese: উদ (ud)
Asturian: llóndriga (ast) f, llóndrigu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: çay samuru
Bashkir: ҡама (qama), ҡамсат (qamsat)
Basque: igaraba (eu), urtxakur (eu)
Bau Bidayuh: biron
Belarusian: вы́дра f (výdra)
Bengali: ভোঁদড় (bn) (bhō̃doṛ)
Breton: dourgi (br) m, ki-dour (br) m
Bulgarian: ви́дра (bg) f (vídra)
Burmese: ဖျံ (my) (hpyam)
Catalan: llúdria (ca) f, llúdriga f
Central Melanau: dengen
Central Nahuatl: ahuitzotl
Chepang: तीःचोरो
Cherokee: ᏥᏯ (tsiya)
Cheyenne: náa'e
Chinese:
Mandarin: 水獺／水獭 (zh) (shuǐtǎ)
Chipewyan: ną́bį
Chukchi: кыквэтвун (kykvėtvun), нэннэт (nėnnėt)
Chuvash: ӑтӑр (ăt̬ăr)
Classical Nahuatl: āhuitzōtl
Coptic: ⲟⲩϩⲟⲣ ⲙⲱⲟⲩ (ouhor mōou)
Czech: vydra (cs) f
Danish: odder (da) c
Dutch: otter (nl) m
Eastern Khanty: вӑнтәр (wăntər)
Erzya: пачалапа (pačalapa)
Esperanto: lutro
Estonian: saarmas (et)
Faroese: otur m
Finnish: saukko (fi)
French: loutre (fr) f
Friulian: lodre f
Galician: lontra (gl) f, londra f, ludra f, lóndrega f
Georgian: წავი (ka) (c̣avi)
German: Otter (de) m
Greek: βίδρα (el) f (vídra)
Ancient: ἔνυδρις f (énudris)
Halkomelem: sq'á:tl'
Hebrew: לוּטְרָה (he) f (lútra), כֶּלֶב נָהָר m (kélev nahar)
Hindi: ऊदबिलाव (hi) m (ūdbilāv), ऊद (hi) m (ūd)
Hungarian: vidra (hu)
Icelandic: otur m
Ido: lutro (io)
Indonesian: berang-berang (id)
Irish: dobharchú (ga) m, madra uisce (ga) m, dobhrán (ga) m, cú dobhráin (ga) m
Old Irish: doburchú f
Italian: lontra (it) f
Japanese: (freshwater) 獺 (ja) (かわうそ, kawauso), 川獺 (ja) (かわうそ, kawauso), カワウソ (ja) (kawauso), (marine) 海獺 (ja) (らっこ, rakko), ラッコ (ja) (rakko)
Jingpho: shäram
Kazakh: кәмшат (kämşat), қамшат (qamşat)
Khmer: ភេ (km) (phei)
Komi-Zyrian: вурд (vurd)
Korean: 수달 (ko) (sudal)
Kyrgyz: кундуз (ky) (kunduz)
Ladin: lontra ?
Ladino: lontra
Lao: ນາກ (nāk)
Latgalian: iudrys m
Latin: lutra f
Latvian: ūdrs m
Laz: წვინარი (ǯvinari)
Lithuanian: ūdra (lt) f
Low German: Otter m
Lun Bawang: dengen
Macedonian: видра f (vidra)
Malay: anjing air, berang-berang, memerang
Jawi: انجيڠ اءير, برڠ٢
Malayalam: നീർനായ (nīṟnāya)
Maltese: lontra f
Manchu: ᡥᠠᡳᠯᡠᠨ (hailun)
Manx: dooarchoo m, moddey ushtey (gv) m
Maori: ōtā
Marathi: पाणमांजर ? (pāṇmāñjar)
Mi'kmaq: giwnig anim
Mingrelian: წვინარი (c̣vinari)
Mon: ဖေံ
Mongolian: халиг (xalig), халиу (mn) (xaliu)
Navajo: tábąąstíín
Nepali: उद्र (udra), ओत (ot)
Northern Sami: čeavrris
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oter (no) m

Nynorsk: oter m
Occitan: loira (oc) f
Odia: ଓଧ (odha)
Old East Slavic: вꙑдра f (vydra)
Old English: otor m
Ossetian:
Digor: урдӕ (urdæ)

Iron: уырд (wyrd)
Ottoman Turkish: صو سموری (su samuru)
Persian: سمور آبی (samur-e âbi)
Pipil: ākuyūt
Pirahã: pibaóí
Polish: wydra (pl) f
Portuguese: lontra (pt) f
Romanian: lutră (ro) f, vidră (ro) f
Romansch: ludra f, lutra f
Russian: вы́дра (ru) f (výdra)
Sanskrit: उद्र (sa) m (udra)
Santali: ᱚᱫᱟᱢ (ôdam), ᱩᱫᱟᱢ (udam)
Saraiki: اُدڑ m (udṛ)
Sardinian: lontra ?
Scottish Gaelic: dòbhran m, biast-dubh f, dobhar-chù m, biast-donn f (Islay), madadh-donn m (South Argyll, Arran), cù-donn m (Sutherland)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ви̏дра f

Roman: vȉdra (sh) f
Sicilian: lutra (scn) f
Slovak: vydra f
Slovene: vidra (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wudra f

Upper Sorbian: wudra f
Southern Sami: tjeavra
Spanish: nutria (es) f, lutria (es) f
Sranan Tongo: watradagu
Svan: წიუ̂ე̄რ (c̣iûēr)
Swahili: ota (sw)
Swedish: utter (sv) c
Tagal Murut: tilung
Tagalog: dungon
Tajik: самури обӣ (samur-i obi), сагобӣ (sagobi), саги обӣ (sag-i obi)
Tamil: நீர்நாய் (ta) (nīrnāy)
Telugu: ఉద్రము (udramu), నీటి కుక్క (nīṭi kukka), నీరుకుక్క (te) (nīrukukka), నీరుపిల్లి (te) (nīrupilli)
Thai: นาก (th) (nâak)
Tigrinya: ጣቑስታ (ṭaḳʰusta)
Turkish: su samuru (tr), lutr (tr)
Turkmen: gunduz
Udmurt: вад (vad), вудор (vudor)
Ukrainian: ви́дра f (výdra)
Urdu: اودبلاؤ m (ūd-bilā'o)
Uyghur: قۇندۇز (qunduz), قاما (qama)
Uzbek: qunduz (uz)
Venetian: lùdria f, lodra
Vietnamese: rái cá (vi), rái (vi)
Volapük: lutar (vo)
Walloon: lote (wa)
Welsh: dyfrgi (cy) m, dwrgi m
West Coast Bajau: dongor, embirud
West Frisian: fiskotter ?
Yámana: éepux
Yiddish: ווידרע f (vidre)
Zhuang: nag