frother

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English frotheren, alteration of Middle English frovren, from Old English frōferian, frōfrian, frēfrian (“to console, comfort”), from Proto-West Germanic *frōbrijan (“to give solace or comfort”), from Proto-Indo-European *trep-, *terp- (“to have good food, prosper, satiate, enjoy”). Cognate with Old Saxon frōvrian (“to console, comfort, help”), Old High German fluobren (“to console, comfort, help, assist”).

Verb

frother (third-person singular simple present frothers, present participle frothering, simple past and past participle frothered)

1. (dialectal) To comfort.
2. (dialectal) To feed.

Related terms

• frover

Etymology 2

froth +‎ -er

Noun

frother (plural frothers)

1. A machine that generates froth
   • 2009 January 14, Harold Mcgee, “For a Tastier Wine, the Next Trick Involves ...”, in New York Times:

     There is a battery-powered frother, and a small glass channel that adds turbulence and air bubbles as the wine flows through it from the bottle into the glass.

Translations

a machine that generates froth

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奶泡器 (nǎipàoqì)

• Dutch: melkklopper (nl) m, melkschuimer m
• Finnish: vaahdotin
• German: Milchaufschäumer m, Milchschäumer m
• Italian: montalatte m, cappuccinatore m
• Polish: spieniacz (pl) m, spieniarka f
• Portuguese: espumador m
• Russian: вспе́ниватель m (vspénivatelʹ), пеногенера́тор m (penogenerátor), пенообразова́тель (ru) m (penoobrazovátelʹ), капучина́тор m (kapučinátor), пеновзбива́тель m (penovzbivátelʹ)