udder

CEFRB2

/ˈʌdə/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The part of a female animal that produces milk.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A woman's breast.

Examples

  • Does a cow have a pink udder?

  • Yanni cleans his goat's udder very well before he milks it.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.

More examples

In context

  • Yanni cleaned his goat's udder.

  • squeeze the udder to get milk

  • The udder of the hyena, tied on the left arm, enticed the affection of any desired woman.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English udder, uddyr (also as uther, iddyr), from Old English ūder (“udder; breast”), from Proto-Germanic *ūdarą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jadder (“udder”), Dutch uier (“udder”), German Euter (“udder”), Swedish juver (“udder”), Icelandic júgur (“udder”), Vedic Sanskrit ऊधर् (ū́dhar), Ancient Greek οὖθαρ (oûthar), Latin ūber.