hamster
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Hamster (see for etymology). Displaced earlier term German rat.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithamster (plural hamsters)
- Any of various Old-World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
- especially of species Mesocricetus auratus (the golden hamster) and species of genus Phodopus (dwarf hamsters), often kept as a pet or used in scientific research.
- The hamster stuffed his puffy cheeks with food.
- especially of species Mesocricetus auratus (the golden hamster) and species of genus Phodopus (dwarf hamsters), often kept as a pet or used in scientific research.
- Other rodents of similar appearance, such as the maned hamster or crested hamster, Lophiomys imhausi, mouse-like hamsters of genus Calomyscus, and the white-tailed rat (Mystromys albicaudatus).
Synonyms
edit- (golden hamster): Syrian hamster
Derived terms
edit- Chinese hamster
- Chinese hamster ovary cell
- Djungarian hamster
- Dzungarian hamster
- hamster ball
- hamstering
- hamsterization
- hamsterless
- hamster style
- hamster wheel
- hamstery
- idea hamster
- rationalisation hamster
- rationalization hamster
- Russian winter white dwarf hamster
- Siberian dwarf hamster
- Siberian hamster
- winter white Russian hamster
Descendants
edit- → Japanese: ハムスター (hamusutā)
- → Korean: 햄스터 (haemseuteo)
- → Scottish Gaelic: hamstair
- → Tagalog: hamster
- → Thai: แฮมสเตอร์ (hɛms-dtə̂ə)
- → Turkish: hamster
Translations
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See also
editVerb
edithamster (third-person singular simple present hamsters, present participle hamstering, simple past and past participle hamstered)
- (transitive, intransitive) To secrete or store privately, as a hamster does with food in its cheek pouches.
- Synonym: stash
- 1974, Phyllis Knight, Rolf Knight, A Very Ordinary Life, page 43:
- Probably the city government knew that without that hamstering half the city would starve and they somehow got the police to lay off. It was in the little stinky one-horse towns that you had all the trouble.
- 2004, Sharon L. Pywell, What Happened to Henry, page 50:
- […] in his bedroom in neat stacks — he always hamstered them away upstairs as soon as the morning was done. This year the gifts sat ignored […]
- 2014, Edith Sheffer, Burned Bridge: How East and West Germans Made the Iron Curtain:
- […] eastern children frequently “hamstered,” smuggled, and begged across the boundary, especially after currency reform […]
Translations
editReferences
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Further reading
edit- hamster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Golden hamster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- hamster in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
Anagrams
editDanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edithamster c (singular definite hamsteren, plural indefinite hamstere)
- a hamster
Declension
editcommon gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hamster | hamsteren | hamstere | hamsterne |
genitive | hamsters | hamsterens | hamsteres | hamsternes |
References
edit- “hamster” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
edithamster m (plural hamsters, diminutive hamstertje n)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Papiamentu: hamster
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
edithamster
- inflection of hamsteren:
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Hamster and ultimately of Balto-Slavic origin.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithamster m (plural hamsters)
Further reading
edit- “hamster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
editVerb
edithamster
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editNoun
edithamster m (definite singular hamsteren, indefinite plural hamstere or hamstre or hamstrer, definite plural hamsterne or hamstrene)
- a hamster
References
edit- “hamster” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editNoun
edithamster m (definite singular hamsteren, indefinite plural hamsterar, definite plural hamsterane)
- a hamster
References
edit- “hamster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom German Hamster and ultimately of Balto-Slavic origin.
Pronunciation
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Noun
edithamster m (plural hamsters)
- hamster (small, short-tailed European rodent)
Romanian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edithamster m (plural hamsteri)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) hamster | hamsterul | (niște) hamsteri | hamsterii |
genitive/dative | (unui) hamster | hamsterului | (unor) hamsteri | hamsterilor |
vocative | hamsterule | hamsterilor |
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom German Hamster and ultimately of Balto-Slavic origin.
Noun
edithamster c
- hamster
- Hamstern sprang i hjulet
- The hamster was running in the wheel
Declension
editDeclension of hamster | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hamster | hamstern | hamstrar | hamstrarna |
Genitive | hamsters | hamsterns | hamstrars | hamstrarnas |
Related terms
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editTagalog
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English hamster.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈhamsteɾ/ [ˈhams.t̪ɛɾ]
- Rhymes: -amsteɾ
- Syllabification: hams‧ter
Noun
edithamster (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜋ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔)
- hamster
- 1996, Emmanuel A. Reyes, Malikhaing pelikula: mga sanaysay tungkol sa pelikulang Pilipino:
- Ilalagay ni PAUL ang retrato ni Ferdinand at Imelda Marcos sa likod ng kulungan ng mga hamster.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2020, TINA LATA, The Good Girl's Revenge:
- Kung may nasabi man akong hindi maganda, bakit hindi niya sabihin sa 'kin? Hindi naman ako manghuhula para malaman kung anong problema niya. Tiningnan ko 'yong hamster na gusto kong bilhin pero naisip ko si Tammy.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Turkish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edithamster (definite accusative hamsteri, plural hamsterler)
Declension
edit- English terms derived from Middle High German
- English terms derived from Old High German
- English terms derived from Old East Slavic
- English terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- English terms derived from Slavic languages
- English terms derived from Iranian languages
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with usage examples
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- English terms with quotations
- en:Cricetids
- Danish terms derived from German
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish terms with audio pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Cricetids
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch terms borrowed from German
- Dutch terms derived from German
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch verb forms
- nl:Cricetids
- French terms borrowed from German
- French terms derived from German
- French terms derived from Balto-Slavic languages
- French terms with aspirated h
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Cricetids
- German non-lemma forms
- German verb forms
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from German
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Cricetids
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from German
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Cricetids
- Portuguese terms borrowed from German
- Portuguese terms derived from German
- Portuguese terms derived from Balto-Slavic languages
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Cricetids
- Romanian terms borrowed from German
- Romanian terms derived from German
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns
- ro:Cricetids
- Swedish terms borrowed from German
- Swedish terms derived from German
- Swedish terms derived from Balto-Slavic languages
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- sv:Cricetids
- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/amsteɾ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/amsteɾ/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms with quotations
- tl:Cricetids
- Turkish terms derived from English
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- tr:Cricetids