udder

Meaning

1. An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.
2. (impolite, slang) A woman's breast.

Synonyms

breast

dug

female breast

teat

smear

nipple

bag

tit

mammary gland

breasts

milk

🥛

paps

sheep

🐑

breast milk

bosom

mammary of cow

mamma

or goat

dap

pap

papilla

Translations

pis

Euter

ubre

uier

mammella

mamelle

úbere

tétine

pram

uber

mamella

sein

enduire

μαστός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʌdə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: udder

Inherited from Old English: ūder

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Jadder

Cognate with Dutch: uier

Cognate with German: Euter

Cognate with Swedish: juver

Cognate with Icelandic: júgur

Cognate with Ancient Greek: οὖθαρ

Cognate with Latin: ūber

In summary

From Middle English udder, uddyr (also as uther, iddyr), from Old English ūder (“udder; breast”), from Proto-Germanic *ūdarą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jadder (“udder”), Dutch uier (“udder”), German Euter (“udder”), Swedish juver (“udder”), Icelandic júgur (“udder”), Vedic Sanskrit ऊधर् (ū́dhar), Ancient Greek οὖθαρ (oûthar), Latin ūber.