watter
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
watter (plural watters)
- (in combination) Something that uses the specified amount of watts.
- 1940 November 15, Consumers’ Guide, volume VII, number 4, page 13, column 3:
- The original cost of the 100-watter is approximately 15 cents, while the 2 60-watters will cost about 26 cents, and the 6 25-watters will cost about 60 cents. That’s one saving. To operate the 100-watter for 1,000 hours in a community where electricity costs 4 cents a kilowatt hour would cost $4.00. The cost of operating the 2 60-watters would be $5.00, while the cost of operating the 6 25-watters would be $6.00.
- 1950 October, Popular Science, page 225, column 2:
- The small, mushroom-shaped bulb is a new 300-watter recently put on the market by Westinghouse for about $1.25.
- 1998, Morton Richard Schroeder, Texas Signs On: The Early Days of Radio and Television, Texas A&M University Press, →ISBN, page 47:
- In 1927 Bridge built station KTAP, another 10-watter on 1140 kilocycles.
- 2010, Phil Sutcliffe, AC/DC: High-Voltage Rock ’n’ Roll: The Ultimate Illustrated History, Voyageur Press, published 2011, →ISBN, page 23, column 1:
- Malcolm’s tighter, punchier rhythm tone is consistent with the use of any of these big 100-watters (a Marshall Super Bass would be particularly bold in this department), and this was clearly another key ingredient—partnered with his Filter’Tron-loaded Gretsch—in the unparalleled chunk of the AC/DC rhythm assault. While Angus also often records through the 100-watters, he has been known to use any of a range of several JTM45s, a JTM50, and a later JMP50 in the studio (the former with KT66s, the latter two amps with EL34s).
Afrikaans edit
Alternative forms edit
- waffer (obsolete)
Etymology edit
Contraction of wat vir, from Dutch wat voor (“what a, what kind of”).
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
watter
Alemannic German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German weter, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą (“weather”).
Noun edit
watter n
- (Rimella and Campello Monti) rain
References edit
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Scots edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English water, from Old English wæter, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥..
Cognate with English water, North Frisian weeter (“water”), Saterland Frisian Woater (“water”), West Frisian wetter (“water”), Dutch water (“water”), Low German Water (“water”), German Wasser, Norwegian Bokmål vann (“water”), Swedish vatten (“water”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic vatn (“water”), Old Irish coin fodorne (“otters”, literally “water-dogs”), Latin unda (“wave”), Lithuanian vanduõ (“water”), Russian вода́ (vodá, “water”), Albanian ujë (“water”), Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”), Armenian գետ (get, “river”), Sanskrit उदन् (udán, “wave, water”), Hittite 𒉿𒀀𒋻 (wa-a-tar).
Noun edit
watter (countable and uncountable, plural watters)
- water
- Can A hae a gless o watter, please?
- May I have a glass of water, please?
- A river or large stream
- A went on doon the watter.
- I continued on down the river.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English wæterian, from Proto-Germanic *watrōną, *watrijaną, from *watōr (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”).
Verb edit
watter (third-person singular simple present watters, present participle watterin, simple past wattert, past participle wattert)
- water
- A'm gaunae watter thae flouers.
- I'm going to water those flowers.
References edit
“watter” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.