adder
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English addere, misdivision of naddere, from Old English nǣdre, nǣddre (“snake, serpent, viper, adder”), from Proto-Germanic *nēdrǭ, *nadrǭ (“snake, viper”) (compare West Frisian njirre, Dutch adder, German Natter, Otter), from pre-Germanic *néh₁treh₂, variant of Proto-Indo-European *nh₁trih₂ (compare Welsh neidr, Latin natrīx ‘watersnake’), from *sneh₁- (“to spin, twist”) (compare Dutch naaien). More at needle.
Noun
adder (plural adders)
- (obsolete) A snake.
- A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling the viper; a viper.
- (chiefly UK) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of the genus Oecobius.
- (US, Canada) Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling the adder, such as the milk snake.
- The sea-stickleback or adder-fish.
Derived terms
- adder-fish
- puff adder
Translations
snake
viper
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Etymology 2
Noun
adder (plural adders)
- Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers.
- Something which adds or increases.
- They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch adder, adre, misdivison of nadder, nadre, from Old Dutch *nādra, from Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ.
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Noun
adder m, f (plural adders or adderen, diminutive addertje)
Derived terms
- addergebroed
- een addertje onder het gras