loutre

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French lutre, from Latin lutra. In Old French, there were variants leurre (which is the normal phonetic result) and loirre (from a Vulgar Latin form *lutria, influenced by Ancient Greek ἔνυδρις (énudris); cf. Occitan luria, Catalan llúdria, Spanish lutria, nutria). The standard modern form loutre probably maintained the -t- due to influence from Frankish and Germanic (compare Dutch and English otter, German Otter).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lutʁ/
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Noun

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loutre f (plural loutres)

  1. otter

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Romanian: lutră
  • Turkish: lutr

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