Meanings
nounudder (plural udders)
plural udders
- An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.
squeeze the udder to get milk
1 more example
The udder of the hyena, tied on the left arm, enticed the affection of any desired woman.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 60 - impoliteslangA woman's breast.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ówHdʰr̥“udder”
- Proto-Germanic*ūdarą
- Old Englishūder“udder; breast”
- Middle Englishudder
- Englishudder
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.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek οὖθαρ
- οὖθαρ (oûthar)organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Arabic ضَرْع
- ضَرْع (ḍarʕ)organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Basque errape
- errapeorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Bengali বাঁট
- বাঁট (bãṭ)organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Bulgarian ви́ме
- ви́ме (víme)organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Catalan braguer, mamella
- braguerorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
- mamellaorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Chinese Cantonese 乳房
- 乳房 (jyu⁵ fong⁴)organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Chinese Mandarin 乳房
- 乳房 (rǔfáng)organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Czech vemeno
- vemenoorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Danish yver
- yverorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Dutch uier
- uierorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Esperanto mamo
- mamoorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Estonian udar
- udarorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Finnish utare
- utareorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
French pis, tétine
- pisorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
- tétineorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
- mamelleorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
German Euter
- Euterorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Greek μαστάρι
- μαστάρι (mastári)organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Hawaiian ū
- ūorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Hebrew עטין
- עטין (atín)organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Hindi थन
- थन (than)organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Hungarian tőgy, emlő
- tőgyorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
- emlőorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Icelandic júgur
- júgurorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Indonesian ambing
- ambingorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Irish úth
- úthorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Italian mammella
- mammellaorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Japanese 乳房
- 乳房organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Korean 유방
- 유방 (yubang)organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Latin ūber, rūma
- ūberorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
- rūmaorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
- sūmenorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Latvian tesmenis
- tesmenisorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Lithuanian tešmuo
- tešmuoorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Malay ambing
- ambingorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Māori ū
- ūorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Norwegian Bokmål jur
- jurorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Persian پستان
- پستان (pestân)organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Polish wymię
- wymięorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Portuguese úbere
- úbereorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Romanian uger
- ugerorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Russian вы́мя
- вы́мя (výmja)organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Scottish Gaelic ùth
- ùthorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Slovak vemeno
- vemenoorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Spanish ubre
- ubreorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Swahili kiwele
- kiweleorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Swedish juver
- juverorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Tamil மடி
- மடி (maṭi)organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Thai เต้า
- เต้า (dtâo)organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Turkish meme
- memeorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Ukrainian ви́м'я
- ви́м'я (výmʺja)organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Urdu تھن
- تھن (than)organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Vietnamese bầu vú
- bầu vúorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Welsh piw, pwrs
- piworgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
- pwrsorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
- cadairorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Yiddish אײַטער
- אײַטער (ayter)organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Zulu ibele
- ibeleorgan formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with udder
All rhymes →Sounds the same
other (th-stopping)utter (t-flapping)
Cite this entry
APA
udder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/udder
MLA
“udder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/udder. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “udder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/udder.
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