eider

See also: Eider and êider

English

eiders

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Icelandic æðar, genitive of æðr, probably reaching English via Swedish eider (now ejder), from a North Germanic root.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪdə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪdɚ/

Noun

eider (plural eiders)

1. Any of the species of the genera Polysticta or Somateria, in the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• common eider, Somateria mollissima
• eiderdown
• king eider, Somateria spectabilis

• spectacled eider, Somateria fischeri
• Steller's eider, Polysticta stelleri

Translations

duck of genus Somateria

• Bulgarian: га́га (bg) f (gága)
• Chukchi: ӄупыкы (qupyky), ӄупыкэт pl (qupyket)
• Czech: kajka (cs) f
• Danish: edderfugl (da) c
• Dutch: eidereend (nl)
• Faroese: æða (fo) f, æðublikur m
• Finnish: haahka (fi)
• French: eider (fr) m
• Galician: eideiro m
• German: Eiderente (de) f
• Greek: σωματερία f (somatería)
• Greenlandic: aavooq, miteq
• Icelandic: æður (is), æðarfugl (is)
• Irish: éadar m

• Italian: edredone m
• Norwegian: ær (no) f or m, ærfugl (no) m
• Polish: edredon (pl) m
• Portuguese: êider m
• Romanian: eider (ro) m
• Russian: га́га (ru) f (gága)
• Sami:

  Lule Sami: ávdda

  Northern Sami: hávda

  Inari Sami: havdâ, havđâ

  Skolt Sami: audd

• Spanish: eider m
• Swedish: ejder (sv) c
• Turkish: pufla (tr)
• Ukrainian: га́га f (háha)

Anagrams

• redie

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic æðr or German Eider, the latter also derives from Icelandic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛi̯.dər/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ei‧der
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯dər

Noun

eider m (plural eiders, diminutive eidertje n)

1. a type of seaduck; an eider

   Synonym: eidereend

Derived terms

• eidereend
• eiderdons
• eidergans

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French

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Norse æðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.dɛʁ/, /e.dɛʁ/

• Audio

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Noun

eider m (plural eiders)

1. eider

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French eider, from Icelandic æður. Ultimately from Old Norse æðr.

Noun

eider m (plural eideri)

1. eider

Declension

Declension of eider

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) eider	eiderul	(niște) eideri	eiderii
genitive/dative	(unui) eider	eiderului	(unor) eideri	eiderilor
vocative	eiderule		eiderilor

Paronyms

• Eider

See also

• anatide
• călifar
• rață
• rață leșească

References

• eider in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Norse æðr.

Noun

eider m (plural eideres)

1. eider