kelter

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɛltə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɛltɚ/ Rhymes: -ɛltə(ɹ) Hyphenation: kelt‧er === Etymology 1 === See kilter. ==== Noun ==== kelter (uncountable) (UK dialectal, US, chiefly in the negative) Archaic form of kilter (“(good) condition, form, or order; fettle”). ===== Derived terms ===== out of kelter === Etymology 2 === Perhaps related to gelt. ==== Noun ==== kelter (uncountable) (obsolete, slang) Money. ==== References ==== John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary === Etymology 3 === Unknown. ==== Noun ==== kelter (uncountable) (obsolete, UK dialectal) Rubbish; trifle; hodgepodge. ==== References ==== “kelter, n3.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == Swedish == === Noun === kelter indefinite plural of kelt