fetter

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English feter, from Old English feter, Proto-West Germanic *fetur, from Proto-Germanic *feturaz (“fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step, walk; to fall, stumble”). Related to foot. === Pronunciation === (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈfet.ə/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɛt.ə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɛt.ɚ/ Rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ) === Noun === fetter (plural fetters) (usually plural) A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal, often by its legs. Synonym: leg irons (figurative) Anything that restricts or restrains. ==== 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 ==== ==== Translations ==== == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfɛtɐ] 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) ==== Coordinate terms ==== kusine === References === “fetter” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). “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)