different between adder vs alder
adder
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?æd?/
- Rhymes: -æd?(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English nadder, addere, rebracketing of “a naddere” as “an addere”, from Old English n?dre, n?ddre (“snake, serpent, viper, adder”), from Proto-Germanic *nadr? (“snake, viper”) (compare West Frisian njirre, Dutch adder, German Natter, Otter), from pre-Germanic *néh?treh?, variant of Proto-Indo-European *n?h?trih? (compare Welsh neidr, Latin natr?x (“watersnake”)), from *(s)neh?- (“to spin, twist”) (compare Dutch naaien).
Alternative forms
- edder (dialectal)
Noun
adder (plural adders)
- (obsolete) Any snake.
- 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II Scene 2
- CALIBAN:
- [...]
- His spirits hear me,
- And yet I needs must curse. But they'll nor pinch
- Fright me with urchin-shows, pitch me i'th' mire,
- Nor lead me like a firebrand in the dark
- Out of my way, unless he bid 'em; but
- For every trifle are they set upon me,
- Sometimes like apes that mow and chatter at me,
- And after bite me; then like hedgehogs, which
- Lie tumbling in my barefoot way, and mount
- Their pricks at my footfall; sometimes am I
- All wound with adders, who with their cloven tongues
- Do hiss me into madness—
- [...]
- 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II Scene 2
- A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling the viper; a viper.
- (chiefly Britain) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera
- The common European adder (Vipera berus).
- The puff adders, of Africa (genus Bitis).
- (US, Canada) Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling adders
- Lampropeltis triangulum (milk snake).
- Heterodon spp. (hog-nosed snakes), a genus of harmless colubrid snakes found in North America
- Certain venomous snakes resembling other adders
- Acanthophis spp. (death adders), elapid snakes found in Southeast Asia and Australia
- Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead, a venomous viper found in the eastern United States
- A sea stickleback or adder fish (Spinachia spinachia).
- (chiefly Britain) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera
Derived terms
- adder fish
- death adder
- puff adder (Bitis arietans)
Translations
Etymology 2
From add +? -er.
Noun
adder (plural adders)
- Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers.
- An electronic device that adds voltages, currents or frequencies.
- Something which adds or increases.
Derived terms
- carry-lookahead adder
- carry-save adder
- carry-skip adder
- full adder
- half adder
Translations
Further reading
- adder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- dared, dread, radde, re-add, readd
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch adder, from Middle Dutch adder, adre, misdivison of nadder, nadre, from Old Dutch *nadra, from Proto-Germanic *nadr?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ad?r/
Noun
adder (plural adders, diminutive addertjie)
- viper, adder
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch adder, adre, misdivison of nadder, nadre, from Old Dutch *nadra, from Proto-West Germanic *nadr?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.d?r/
- Hyphenation: ad?der
- Rhymes: -?d?r
Noun
adder m or f (plural adders or adderen, diminutive addertje n)
- viper, adder; snake of the family Viperidae
- common viper, Vipera berus
Hypernyms
- slang
Derived terms
- addergebroed
- boomadder
- een adder aan zijn borst koesteren
- een addertje onder het gras
- groefkopadder
- pofadder
Descendants
- Afrikaans: adder
Anagrams
- dader
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
adder
- imperative of addere
Old Prussian
Conjunction
adder
- or
- w?iklis adder m?rg? - boy or girl
- but
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alder
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English alder, aller, from Old English alor, from Proto-West Germanic *alu?u, from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alus? (compare Swedish al, Saterland Frisian äller(boom)), variant of *aliz?, *alis? (compare Dutch els, German Erle, Norwegian or), from Proto-Indo-European *h?élis- (compare Hittite [script needed] (alanza(n)), Latin alnus, Latvian al?ksnis, Polish olcha, Albanian halë (“black pine”), Ancient Macedonian (Hesychius) ????? (áliza, “white poplar”)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???ld?/
- (US, Canada)
- (without cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /??ld?/
- (with cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /??ld?/
Noun
alder (plural alders)
- Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping of alderman.
Noun
alder (plural alders)
- An alderman or alderwoman.
Anagrams
- Adler, Alred, Eldar, Leard, Radel, Radle, lader, lared
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish aldær, from Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldr?.
Noun
alder c (singular definite alderen, plural indefinite aldre)
- age
Inflection
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldr?. Akin to ale (“to raise”), from ala.
Noun
alder m (definite singular alderen, indefinite plural aldere or aldre or aldrer, definite plural alderne or aldrene)
- age
Derived terms
References
- “alder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldr?. Akin to ale (“to raise”), from ala.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ld?r/
Noun
alder m (definite singular alderen, indefinite plural aldrar, definite plural aldrane)
- age
Derived terms
References
- “alder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse allr, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.
Adjective
alder
- all
- whole, complete
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: all
Etymology 2
From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldr?.
Noun
alder m
- lifetime
- age; how old someone or something is
- age, era
- old age
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: ålder
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