puter

See also: Puter, putër, and 'puter

English

Alternative forms

Noun

puter (plural puters)

  1. (slang) A computer.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *puH-; compare Sanskrit पूयति (pūyati, “stinks, rots”), Ancient Greek πῦον (pûon, “discharge from a sore”), πύθω (púthō, “to rot”), Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 (fuls, “foul”), Old English fūl (“foul”), from the same root.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.ter/, [ˈpʊ.tɛr]

Adjective

puter (feminine putris, neuter putre); third declension

  1. rotten, decaying
  2. crumbling, friable

Inflection

Third declension, nominative masculine singular in -er, nominative neuter singular in -e.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative puter putris putre putrēs putria
genitive putris putrium
dative putrī putribus
accusative putrem putre putrēs putria
ablative putrī putribus
vocative puter putris putre putrēs putria

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • putreō

Descendants

References

  • puter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • puter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

puter m, f

  1. indefinite plural of pute

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

puter f

  1. indefinite plural of pute

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Butter.

Noun

pȕter m (Cyrillic spelling пу̏тер)

  1. butter

Declension

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