• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈɒt.ə/
• (General American)enPR:ŏtʹər,IPA^(key):/ˈɑtɚ/,[(ʔ)ɑɾɚ]

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Homophone:odder(US)
• Rhymes:-ɒtə(ɹ)

FromMiddle Englishoter,otir,otur,otyre, fromOld Englishotor, fromProto-West Germanic*otr, fromProto-Germanic*utraz, fromProto-Indo-European*udrós(“aquatic, water-animal”), fromProto-Indo-European*wed-(“water”).

Cognate withSaterland FrisianOtter,Dutchotter,GermanOtter,Swedishutter,Norwegianoter,Icelandicotur,Sanskritउद्र(udrá),Russianвы́дра(výdra), andAncient Greekὕδρα(húdra,“water snake”).Doublet ofHydra andhydra. More etymology under Englishwater.

otter (pluralotters)

2. Anaquatic ormarinecarnivorousmammal in the subfamilyLutrinae of the familyMustelidae, which also includesweasels,polecats,badgers, and others.
3. (gayslang) Ahairy man with aslenderphysique, in contrast with abear, who is morethickset.

Corruption ofannotto.

otter (uncountable)

1. (obsolete)annatto(dye)

otter (uncountable)

1. Archaic form ofattar.
   • 1809, William Jones,A Grammar of the Persian Language, page 8:

     […] the precious perfume calledotter of roses.

• “otter”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

• toter,Treto,toret,torte,Ortet,Tetro,ortet,ETRTO

• 8'er

Fromotte(“eight”) +‎-er.

otter c (singular definiteotteren,plural indefiniteottere)

1. eight(the card rank between seven and nine)
2. eight (person or thing that is number eight in a system, e.g.bus #8)
3. (sports,rowing)eight

• “otter” inDen Danske Ordbog

FromMiddle Dutchotter, fromOld Dutch*ottar, fromProto-West Germanic*otr.

• IPA^(key):/ˈɔ.tər/

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• Hyphenation:ot‧ter
• Rhymes:-ɔtər

otter m (pluralotters,diminutiveottertje n)

1. Anyotter.
2. (particularly)European otter,Lutra lutra

   Synonym:visotter

• Berbice Creole Dutch:otro

•  otter on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia^nl

FromOld Dutch*ottar, fromProto-West Germanic*otr.

otter m

1. otter,European otter

This noun needs aninflection-table template.

• Dutch:otter
  • Berbice Creole Dutch:otro
• Limburgish:ódder

• “otter”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• Verwijs, E.,Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “otter”, inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN

otter

1. Alternative form ofoter