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potter

SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen

  • Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈpɒtə//
  • Vereinigte Staaten//ˈpɑtɚ//

One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.

    shoemakers, weavers, potters, bronzeworkers who produced and purveyed the articles necessary for daily life.

  2. 2

    One who places flowers or other plants inside their pots.

  3. 3

    One who pots meats or other eatables.

  4. 4

    One who hawks crockery or earthenware.

    the convivial society of gipsies, tinkers, potters, strolling players, &c.

  5. 5

    The red-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys rubriventris (species of turtle).

  6. 6

    The chicken turtle, Deirochelys reticularia.

Herkunft

From Middle English pottere, from Old English pottere (“potter”, in placenames), from Proto-West Germanic *pottārī (“pot-maker”), equivalent to pot + -er. Influenced by Anglo-Norman poter, Old French potier (“potter”). Cognate with Dutch potter (“potter”), German Low German Pötter, Pütter (“potter”). Displaced Old English synonyms lāmwyrhta (“a worker in clay, potter”, literally “loam-worker”), tiġelwyrhta (“brickmaker, potter”, literally “tile-worker”), crocwyrhta (“crocker, potter”, literally “crock-worker”).

Verb

  1. 1

    To act in a vague or unmotivated way; to fuss about with unimportant things.

  2. 2

    To move slowly or aimlessly. (Often potter about, potter around.)

    He’s so dreamy and absent-minded. He potters about the garden all the time.

    "We love our little diesel trains. They potter up and down. They break down. The C6 overhaul is only a temporary answer. By the time they are replaced, they will be 45 years old.

  3. 3

    veraltetTo poke repeatedly.

Herkunft

Frequentative of pote, equivalent to pote + -er. Cognate with Dutch poteren, peuteren (“to poke, pry, search”).

Formen

Plural
potters
Präteritum
pottered
Partizip II
pottered
Partizip I
pottering
3. Person Singular
potters
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