"eider" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈaɪdə/ [UK], /ˈaɪdɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eider.wav [Southern-England] Forms: eiders [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪdə(ɹ) Etymology: From Icelandic æðar, genitive of æðr, probably reaching English via Swedish eider (now ejder), from a North Germanic root. Etymology templates: {{der|en|is|æðar}} Icelandic æðar, {{m|is|æðr}} æðr, {{der|en|sv|eider}} Swedish eider, {{m|sv|ejder}} ejder, {{der|en|gmq}} North Germanic Head templates: {{en-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). Wikipedia link: eider Categories (lifeform): Ducks Synonyms: eider duck Derived forms: common eider (taxonomic: Somateria mollissima), eiderdown, eider goose, king eider (taxonomic: Somateria spectabilis), spectacled eider (taxonomic: Somateria fischeri), Steller's eider (taxonomic: Polysticta stelleri) Translations (duck of genus Somateria): га́га (gága) [feminine] (Bulgarian), èider [masculine] (Catalan), ӄупыкы (qupyky) (Chukchi), ӄупыкэт (qupyket) [plural] (Chukchi), kajka [feminine] (Czech), edderfugl [common-gender] (Danish), eidereend (Dutch), æða [feminine] (Faroese), æðublikur [masculine] (Faroese), haahka (Finnish), eider [masculine] (French), eideiro [masculine] (Galician), Eiderente [feminine] (German), σωματερία (somatería) [feminine] (Greek), aavooq (Greenlandic), miteq (Greenlandic), pehelyréce (Hungarian), dunnalúd (Hungarian), æður (Icelandic), æðarfugl (Icelandic), havdâ (Inari Sami), havđâ (Inari Sami), éadar [masculine] (Irish), edredone [masculine] (Italian), ávdda (Lule Sami), hávda (Northern Sami), ær [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), ærfugl [masculine] (Norwegian), edredon [masculine] (Polish), êider [masculine] (Portuguese), eider [masculine] (Romanian), га́га (gága) [feminine] (Russian), audd (Skolt Sami), eider [masculine] (Spanish), ejder [common-gender] (Swedish), pufla (Turkish), га́га (háha) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "duck of genus Somateria",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ærfugl"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "duck of genus Somateria",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "edredon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "duck of genus Somateria",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "êider"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "duck of genus Somateria",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eider"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gága",
      "sense": "duck of genus Somateria",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "га́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "smn",
      "lang": "Inari Sami",
      "sense": "duck of genus Somateria",
      "word": "havdâ"
    },
    {
      "code": "smn",
      "lang": "Inari Sami",
      "sense": "duck of genus Somateria",
      "word": "havđâ"
    },
    {
      "code": "smj",
      "lang": "Lule Sami",
      "sense": "duck of genus Somateria",
      "word": "ávdda"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "duck of genus Somateria",
      "word": "hávda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sms",
      "lang": "Skolt Sami",
      "sense": "duck of genus Somateria",
      "word": "audd"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "duck of genus Somateria",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eider"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "duck of genus Somateria",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ejder"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "duck of genus Somateria",
      "word": "pufla"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "háha",
      "sense": "duck of genus Somateria",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "га́га"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eider"
}

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