different between otter vs gotter
otter
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English oter, otir, otur, otyre, from Old English otor, from Proto-West Germanic *ot(t)r, 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 ???? (udrá), Russian ?????? (výdra), and Ancient Greek ???? (húdra, “water snake”). More etymology under English water.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??t.?/
- (US) enPR: ?t??r, IPA(key): /??t?/, [(?)???]
- Homophone: odder (US)
- Rhymes: -?t?(?)
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
Etymology 2
Corruption of annotto.
Noun
otter (uncountable)
- (obsolete) annatto (dye)
References
- Webster 1913 [1]
Anagrams
- Treto, ortet, toret, torte, toter
Danish
Noun
otter c (singular definite otteren, plural indefinite ottere)
- eight (the card rank between seven and nine)
Inflection
See also
References
- “otter” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch otter, from Old Dutch *ottar, from Proto-West Germanic *ot(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“water-animal, otter”), from *wed- (“water”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.t?r/
- Hyphenation: ot?ter
- Rhymes: -?t?r
Noun
otter m (plural otters, diminutive ottertje n)
- otter
Derived terms
- zeeotter
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *ottar, from Proto-West Germanic *ot(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“water-animal, otter”), from *wed- (“water”).
Noun
otter m
- otter, European otter
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: otter
- Limburgish: ódder
Further reading
- “otter”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “otter”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
Middle English
Noun
otter
- Alternative form of oter
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse otr, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“water-animal, otter”), from *wed- (“water”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??r/, [????t??e??], [??t??e??]
- Rhymes: -??t?r, -?r
Noun
otter m
- otter; a mammal of the family Mustelidae
Derived terms
- otterber
otter From the web:
- what otters eat
- what otterbox is the best
- what otterbox fits iphone se
- what otterbox case do i have
- what otterbox is waterproof
- what otterbox fits iphone 11
- what otterbox case fits iphone xr
- what otters look like
gotter
English
Etymology
From got to
Verb
gotter
- Alternative form of gotta
gotter From the web:
- what is meant by gotter
- what does gotterdammerung mean
- what does gutter mean
- what does gotterdammerung translation to
- gotterspeise
- what deficiency causes goiter
- what a man gotta do
- what language is gotterdammerung
you may also like
- otter vs gotter
- gotten vs gotter
- gomer vs goter
- batteling vs battering
- batteling vs battelling
- battling vs batteling
- unflattering vs unflattening
- terms vs sper
- acutes vs acutest
- actest vs acutest
- acates vs acutes
- cutes vs cates
- cutes vs cukes
- cutes vs chutes
- cuts vs cutes
- cutes vs cuties
- cuteness vs cutes
- overput vs overcut
- overcut vs cut
- overcited vs overcite