adder

== English == === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈædɚ/ Rhymes: -ædə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English nadder, addere, rebracketing of “a naddere” as “an addere”, from Old English nǣdre (“snake”), from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā, from Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ, from pre-Germanic *néh₁treh₂, variant of Proto-Indo-European *n̥h₁trih₂, from *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, twist”). See also West Frisian njirre, Dutch adder, German Natter, Otter; also Welsh neidr, Latin natrīx (“watersnake”), Dutch naaien. ==== Alternative forms ==== edder (dialectal) ==== Noun ==== adder (plural adders) (obsolete) Any snake. A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper. (chiefly British) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera A common European adder (Vipera berus). A puff adders, of Africa (genus Bitis). (US, Canada) Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling adders A milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum). A hog-nosed snake, of genus Heterodon of harmless colubrid snakes found in North America Certain venomous snakes resembling other adders Death adders (Acanthophis spp.), elapid snakes found in Southeast Asia and Australia A northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen), a venomous viper found in the eastern United States A sea stickleback or adder fish (Spinachia spinachia). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From add +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== adder (plural adders) Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers. An electronic device that adds voltages, currents or frequencies. Something which adds or increases. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Further reading === adder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === dared, dread, radde, re-add, readd == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch adder, from Middle Dutch adder, adre, rebracketing of nadder, nadre, from Old Dutch *nadra, from Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈadər/ === Noun === adder (plural adders, diminutive addertjie) viper, adder == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch adder, adre, rebracketing of nadder, nadre, from Old Dutch *nadra, from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑ.dər/ Hyphenation: ad‧der Rhymes: -ɑdər === Noun === adder m or f (plural adders or adderen, diminutive addertje n) viper, adder (snake of the family Viperidae) common viper (Vipera berus) ==== Hypernyms ==== slang ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: adder Negerhollands: adder === Anagrams === dader == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === adder imperative of addere == Old Prussian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Early German adder, dialectal variant of oder (“or”). === Conjunction === adder or but, however only, but === References === Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988), “adder”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎[1] (in Lithuanian), volume 1, Vilnius: Mokslas, page 48