eider

See also: Eider and êider

English

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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪdɚ/
• Rhymes: -aɪdə(ɹ)

Noun

eider (plural eiders)

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

   Synonym: eiderduck

Derived terms

Derived terms

• common eider (Somateria mollissima)
• eiderdown
• eider goose (Somateria mollissima)
• king eider (Somateria spectabilis)
• spectacled eider (Somateria fischeri)
• Steller's eider (Polysticta stelleri)

Translations

duck of genus Somateria

Bulgarian: га́га (bg) f (gága) Catalan: èider (ca) m 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 Hungarian: pehelyréce, dunnalúd (hu) 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: Inari Sami: havdâ, havđâ Lule Sami: ávdda Northern Sami: hávda Skolt Sami: audd Spanish: eider m Swedish: ejder (sv) c Turkish: pufla (tr) Ukrainian: га́га f (háha)

References

• eider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “eider”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Polysticta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Somateria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Polysticta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Category:Somateria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• redie

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

eider

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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

• brileider
• eiderdons
• eidereend
• eidergans
• Stellers eider

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Norse æðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.dɛʁ/ ~ /e.dɛʁ/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

eider m (plural eiders)

1. eider

Further reading

• “eider”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

eider m (plural eideri)

1. eider

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	eider	eiderul		eideri	eiderii
genitive-dative	eider	eiderului		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) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Norse æðr.

Noun

eider m (plural eideres)

1. eider