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”), from which the masculine gender also comes from.

Noun

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

1. 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