lather

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

ensabonar

sabonera

espuma

malestar

preocupació

inquietud

ensabonar-se

fuetejar

assotar

intranquilitat

escuma

Sinònims

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

Traduccions

mousse

zeepsop

écume

ensaboar

🧼

insaponare

🧼

Seifenschaum

espuma

schuim

inzepen

🧼

Schaum

enjabonar

sop

schiuma

einschäumen

σαπουνίζω

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈlɑː.ðə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: lather

Heretat de anglès antic: lēaþor

Cognat amb suec: lödder

Cognat amb islandès: löður

Cognat amb irlandès antic: lóathar

Cognat amb grec antic: λουτρόν

Cognat amb llatí: lavō

Cognat amb albanès: laj

Cognat amb grec antic: λούω

Heretat de anglès mitjà: *lethren

Heretat de anglès antic: 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.