different between otter vs oater

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)

1. An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others.
2. (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)

1. (obsolete) annatto (dye)

References

• Webster 1913 [1]

Anagrams

• Treto, ortet, toret, torte, toter

Danish

Noun

otter c (singular definite otteren, plural indefinite ottere)

1. 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)

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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

1. otter; a mammal of the family Mustelidae

Derived terms

• otterber

English

Etymology

oat +? -er (“Variety -er”). ~1945-50, alluding to the fodder for horses, which are common in the movies.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?.t?/
• Rhymes: -??t?(?)

Homophone: odor (some dialects)

Noun

oater (plural oaters)

1. (entertainment) A movie or television show about cowboy or frontier life; a western movie.
   • 1949 January 10, The Great American Horse Opera, in Life,

     In recent years the western or horse opera, known in the trade as the "oater," has come to be recognized as an art form just as formal as the ballet or the symphony. In essence it is the American morality play. To prove his contention that all this is so, Life Photographer John Florea took these unusual pictures during the filming of Yellow Sky. This is a $1,450,000 western with big-name stars (Gregory Peck, Anne Bancroft, Richard Widmark) and technical talent from 20th Century's top drawer, but is basically a typical oater.

   • 1995, Louis Decimus Rubin, Jerry Leath Mills, A Writer's Companion,

     By far the more common was the low-budget "hoss opera" or "oater," ground out in relentless numbers by studios such as Universal and Republic, and designed basically for edification of the young, who took them in on Fridays and Saturdays along with the episode of a serial, a cartoon, a newsreel, and perhaps a bouncing-ball sing-along. There were, to be sure, degrees of the oater; a somewhat more subtle version, designed for adult as well as child viewing, was also made.

Synonyms

• horse opera, oat opera

See also

• soap opera
• sudser

Anagrams

• Erato, orate