wetter
See also: Wetter
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɛtə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɛtɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: wet‧ter
Adjective edit
wetter
- comparative form of wet: more wet.
Noun edit
wetter (plural wetters)
- Agent noun of wet: someone who wets something as part of some process.
- A wetting agent or surfactant.
- A bedwetter.
- (MLE, slang) A knife which is apt to do wettings (stabbings).
Derived terms edit
Alemannic German edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German weter, from Old High German wetar, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą (“weather”).
Noun edit
wetter n
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
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Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
wetter
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian weter, from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian wååder, Sylt North Frisian Weeter, Saterland Frisian Woater and Föhr-Amrum North Frisian weeder.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wetter n (plural wetters, diminutive wetterke)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “wetter”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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