lather

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
2. (countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
3. (countable) A state of agitation.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cover with lather.
2. (transitive) To beat or whip.
3. (intransitive) To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating.

Sinonieme

foam

froth

scum

suds

spume

bubbles

🫧

soapsuds

cream

bubble

fret

flog

swither

whip

sweat

😓

soap

🧼

trounce

fizz

lash

welt

strap

stew

🍲

slash

foam up

cyst

frame

curd

buttermilk

freak

cumin

frig

flip

load

flame

cum

butter

🧈

flail

juice

flagellate

jizz

jism

jelly

honey

🍯

film

📽️

knock about

cowhide

layer

buff

lot

malt

head

Vertalings

mousse

ensaboar

🧼

zeepsop

insaponare

🧼

écume

sop

inzepen

🧼

schuim

Seifenschaum

ensabonar

enjabonar

Schaum

espuma

σαπουνίζω

savonner

🧼

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈlɑː.ðə(ɹ)/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: lather

Geërf van Old English: lēaþor

Verwante met Sweeds: lödder

Verwante met Yslands: löður

Verwante met Old Irish: lóathar

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: λουτρόν

Verwante met Latyn: lavō

Verwante met Albanees: laj

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: λούω

Geërf van Middle English: *lethren

Geërf van Old English: lēþrian

In summary

From Middle English lather, from Old English lēaþor (“a kind of nitre used for soap, soda”), from Proto-West Germanic *lauþr, from Proto-Germanic *lauþrą (“that which is used for washing, soap”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówh₃trom (“that which is used for washing”), from *lewh₃-, *lowh₃- (“to wash, bathe”). Cognate with Swedish lödder (“lather, foam, froth, soap”), Icelandic löður (“foam, froth, a kind of niter used for soap”), Old Irish loathar (“wash-basin”), Ancient Greek λουτρόν (loutrón, “a bath, wash-room”), Latin lavō (“I wash”), Albanian laj (“I wash”), Ancient Greek λούω (loúō). More at lye.