lutre

See also: lũ trẻ

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *luttra (whence also Romansch lutra), from Latin lutra (“otter”), with the geminate -tt- from the Frankish cognate *otr m (“otter”),[1] from which the masculine gender also comes from.[2]

Noun

lutre oblique singular, m (oblique plural lutres, nominative singular lutres, nominative plural lutre)

otter
- early 12th century, Le Voyage de Saint Brendan, lines 1565–1567:
  uns lutres fud qui m'aportout / suvent peisun dun il me pout / tuz dis tres jurs en la semaine
  it was an otter who brought me / often a fish for me to eat / three days a week.

Descendants

French: loutre f (see there for further descendants)
Walloon: lote

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lŭtra”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 477
“loutre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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[1] Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “lŭtra”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 477

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