tetter

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English teter, from Old English teter, tetr, tetra, from Proto-West Germanic *tetru, from Proto-Germanic *tetruz, *tetruhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dedru-, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split, crack”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛtə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛtɚ/, /-ɾɚ/ Rhymes: -ɛtə, -ɛtə(ɹ) Hyphenation: tet‧ter ==== Noun ==== tetter (countable and uncountable, plural tetters) (now rare) Any of various pustular skin conditions. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== tetter (third-person singular simple present tetters, present participle tettering, simple past and past participle tettered) To affect with tetter. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Corruption of potato. ==== Noun ==== tetter (plural tetters) (Regional Dixieland vernacular, obsolete) Potato, or sweet potato root. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === tetter present of tette