hámster

Concepts

hamster

🐹

hamsters

golden hamster

hoarder

cricetus

mesocricetus

Synonyms

cricetus

mesocricetus

Translations

Hamster

🐹

hamster

🐹

criceto

🐹

hàmster

🐹

hamster

🐹

hamster

🐹

amstèr

hamster

🐹

cırlak sıçan

χάμστερ

κρικητός

Cricetus

κρικετόμυς

rat de blé

Hyphenated as

háms‧ter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈxamsteɾ/

Etymology

Borrowed from English: hamster

Cognate with English: hamster

In summary

Borrowed from English hamster, from German Hamster, from Old High German hamastra, hamustro (“field mouse”), probably from Old East Slavic хомѣсторъ (xoměstorŭ), хомѣстаръ (xoměstarŭ). See English hamster for more.