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English
The head of the common European adder (Vipera berus The sea stickleback or adder-fish (Spinachia spinachia
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English addre naddre rebracketing of /n/ as part of the indefinite article a(n) Old English nǣdre ( “ snake ” ) , from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ *néh₁treh₂ Proto-Indo-European *n̥h₁trih₂ *(s)neh₁- ( “ to spin, twist ” ) .
See also West Frisian njirre Dutch adder German Natter Otter Welsh neidr Latin natrīx ( “ watersnake ” ) , Dutch naaien
Alternative forms
Noun
adder (plural adders
( obsolete ) snake .
1610–1611 (date written)William Shakespeare , “The Tempest ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ ward] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC [ Act II, scene ii] :CALIBAN: His spirits hear me, / And yet I needs must curse. But they'll nor pinch / Fright me with urchin-shows, pitch me i'th' mire, / Nor lead me like a firebrand in the dark / Out of my way, unless he bid 'em; but / For every trifle are they set upon me, / Sometimes like apes that mow and chatter at me, / And after bite me; then like hedgehogs, which / Lie tumbling in my barefoot way, and mount / Their pricks at my footfall; sometimes am I / All wound with adders , who with their cloven tongues / Do hiss me into madness—
A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper .
( chiefly UK ) serpent of the genus Vipera 1834 L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon] , chapter XXX, in Francesca Carrara. [ … ] , volume III, London: Richard Bentley , [ … ] Henry Colburn ), →OCLC page 245 :Entirely filled with the image of another, her heart, indeed, had the deaf ear of the adder , which heedeth not the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.
2021 August 25, Nick Brodrick, “Flourishing Flora and Fauna”, in RAIL , number 938 , page 51 :These include the county's [Cumbria's] only venomous snake - the adder - which relies on exposed elements to successfully breed its young.
A common European adder (Vipera berus A puff adder , of Africa (genus Bitis
( US , Canada ) A milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum
A hog-nosed snake , of genus Heterodon colubrid snakes found in North America Certain venomous snakes resembling other adders
Death adder Acanthophis elapid snakes found in Southeast Asia and AustraliaA northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen A sea stickleback or adder fish (Spinachia spinachia
Derived terms
Translations
snake
Afrikaans: adder (af)
Armenian: օձ (hy) ( ōj )
Asturian: culiebra (ast) f
Bulgarian: змия (bg) ( zmija )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 毒蛇 (zh) ( dúshé ) , 蝰蛇 (zh) ( kuíshé )
Dutch: adder (nl) f
Finnish: käärme (fi)
Galician: cóbrega (gl) f pezoira f liscáncere m cobra (gl) f quiobra f becha (gl) f
Georgian: გველი (ka) ( gveli )
German: Natter (de) f
Indonesian: senawan (id)
Irish: nathair f
Japanese: 毒蛇 (ja) ( どくへび, doku-hebi )
Korean: 독사(毒蛇) (ko) ( doksa )
Low German: Adder (nds) f
Macedonian: шарка f ( šarka )
Portuguese: cobra (pt) f serpente (pt) f
Russian: змея́ (ru) f ( zmejá ) , гадю́ка (ru) f ( gadjúka )
Sanskrit: पृदाकु (sa) m ( pṛdāku )
Scottish Gaelic: nathair f
Serbo-Croatian: guja (sh) f
Sicilian: culorbia f scursuni m
Spanish: serpiente (es) f culebra (es) f
Thai: อสรพิษ (th) ( à-sɔ̌ɔ-rá-pít ) , งู (th) ( nguu )
Ukrainian: змія́ (uk) f ( zmijá )
Zazaki: zıngırok
viper
Afrikaans: adder (af)
Akan: nanka
Armenian: իժ (hy) ( iž )
Asturian: víbora (ast) f
Azerbaijani: gürzə
Bulgarian: пепелянка (bg) ( pepeljanka )
Catalan: escurçó (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蝰蛇 (zh) ( kuíshé )
Czech: zmije (cs) f
Danish: hugorm c
Dutch: adder (nl) m
Estonian: rästik (et)
Finnish: kyy (fi)
French: vipère (fr) f
Galician: naia f sacaveira f áspide m bichorro m
Georgian: გველგესლა ( gvelgesla )
German: Otter (de) f Viper (de) f Kreuzotter (de) f
Greek: οχιά (el) f ( ochiá ) , έχιδνα (el) f ( échidna )
Ancient Greek: ἔχιδνα f ( ékhidna )
Ido: vipero (io)
Ingrian: jaadumato kirjava mato gadjukka
Irish: nathair nimhe f
Italian: vipera (it) f marasso m
Japanese: クサリヘビ ( kusari-hebi ) , 鎖蛇 (ja) ( くさりへび, kusari-hebi )
Latin: aspis f
Latvian: odze f
Low German: Adder (nds) f Krüüzadder f Kriizadder f
Macedonian: гуја f ( guja )
Mari:
Eastern Mari: шемгишке ( šemgiške )
Western Mari: шим кӹшкӹ ( šim kÿškÿ )
Polish: żmija (pl) f
Portuguese: víbora (pt) f
Romanian: viperă (ro) f
Russian: гадю́ка (ru) f ( gadjúka )
Sanskrit: पृदाकु (sa) m ( pṛdāku )
Serbo-Croatian: guja (sh) f
Sicilian: lìpira f scursuni m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: zmija f
Spanish: víbora (es) f
Swedish: huggorm (sv)
Turkish: engerek (tr)
Ukrainian: гадю́ка (uk) f ( hadjúka )
Etymology 2
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os ? Proto-Indo-European *-so-
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-
Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-āsijos
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī English adder
From add -er
Noun
adder (plural adders
Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition ; a machine for adding numbers.
An electronic device that adds voltages , currents or frequencies .
Something which adds or increases .
They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.
Derived terms
Translations
what performs arithmetic addition
Further reading
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch adder Middle Dutch adder adre rebracketing of nadder nadre Old Dutch *nadra Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ
Pronunciation
Noun
adder (plural adders diminutive addertjie
viper adder
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch adder adre rebracketing of nadder nadre Old Dutch *nadra Proto-West Germanic *nadrā
Pronunciation
Noun
adder m or f plural adders or adderen diminutive addertje n
viper , adder ( snake of the family Viperidae ) common viper ( Vipera berus )
Hypernyms
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Descendants
Anagrams
Verb
adder
imperative of addere
Old Prussian
Etymology
Borrowed from Early German adder oder ( “ or ” ) .
Conjunction
adder
or
but , however
1561 Martin Luther , translated by Abel Will & Paul Megott, Stas Likuts Catechismus The Small Catechism →OCLC page 61 , line 11 :Kas ſtwi druwē bhe Crixtitsadder ni Druwe / That, who believes and is baptized, shall be blessed; that, however , who doesn't believe, shall be damned. only , but
References
Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988 ), “adder”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological Dictionary of Old Prussian [1] 48
