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vetter
English
Etymology
vet +? -t- +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?v?t?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?v?t?/, /-??/
- Rhymes: -?t?, -?t?(?)
- Hyphenation: vet?ter
Noun
vetter (plural vetters)
- Agent noun of vet: one who vets.
- 2007 April 10, "Who Killed Ashraf Marwan?," The New York Times (retrieved 18 September 2015):
- Mr. Marwan, the excited vetters discovered, was married to a daughter of Egypt’s president, Gamal Abdel Nasser."
- 2007 April 10, "Who Killed Ashraf Marwan?," The New York Times (retrieved 18 September 2015):
Anagrams
- trevet
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse vetr, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz (“winter”). Akin to English winter.
Noun
vetter m (definite singular vetteren, indefinite plural vetrar, definite plural vetrane)
- Alternative form of vinter
Swedish
Verb
vetter
- present tense of vetta.
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fetter
English
Etymology
From Old English feter, from Proto-Germanic *feturaz (“fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot, step”). Cognate with Dutch veter (“lace”). Related to foot.
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?fet.?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f?t.?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?f?t.?/
- Rhymes: -?t?(r)
Noun
fetter (plural fetters)
- A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs (usually in plural).
- (figuratively) Anything that restricts or restrains.
Synonyms
(chains on legs):
- leg irons
Hyponyms
(chain binding generally):
- handcuff, handcuffs
- leg irons
- manacle, manacles
- shackle, shackles
Translations
Verb
fetter (third-person singular simple present fetters, present participle fettering, simple past and past participle fettered)
- (transitive) To shackle or bind up with fetters.
- (transitive) To restrain or impede; to hamper.
Hyponyms
- handcuff
- manacle
- shackle
Derived terms
- unfetter
Translations
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?f?t?]
- Homophone: Vetter
Adjective
fetter
- comparative degree of fett
- inflection of fett:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German vedder
Noun
fetter m (definite singular fetteren, indefinite plural fettere, definite plural fetterne)
- a cousin (male)
Antonyms
- kusine
References
- “fetter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German vedder.
Noun
fetter m (definite singular fetteren, indefinite plural fetrar, definite plural fetrane)
- a male cousin
Coordinate terms
- kusine f (“female cousin”)
References
- “fetter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
fetter
- indefinite plural of fett
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: fet?ter
Noun
fetter m (plural fettyn)
- paternal uncle (brother of someone’s father)
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