different between otter vs spraint

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

Old French espraintes, espreintes, French épreintes from espreinte (“a desire to go to stool”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?nt

Noun

spraint (plural spraints)

1. A piece of otter dung. Usually used when referring to the observation and tracking of otters.

   In this region the average spraint number per site is 3.9.

   Figure 1 shows a photograph of an otter spraint.

Anagrams

• Partins, intraps, spirant