udder
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English udder, uddyr (also as uther, iddyr), from Old English ūder, from Proto-Germanic *ūdarą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jadder, Dutch uier, German Euter, Swedish juver, Icelandic júgur, sa-ved ऊधर्, Ancient Greek οὖθαρ, Latin ūber.
Pronunciation Nounudder (plural udders)
- An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.
- Meronym: teat
- squeeze the udder to get milk
- (slang, impolite) A woman's breast.
- French: pis, tétine, mamelle
- German: Euter
- Italian: mammella
- Portuguese: úbere
- Russian: вы́мя
- Spanish: ubre
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