udder
UK/ˈʌdə/US/ˈʌdɚ/
udder noun: an organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.

Noun
udder (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
- 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
- A woman's breast.
udder meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
udder in Hindi
- organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
- थन than
udder in Tamil
- organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
- மடி maṭi
udder in Marathi
- udder
- कास kās
udder in Urdu
- organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals
- تھن than
More languagesFewer languages
- udder in Bengali
- বাঁট bãṭ
- udder in Telugu
- పొదుగు podugu, ఊధస్సు ūdhassu
- udder in Malayalam
- അകിട് akiṭŭ
- udder in Kannada
- ಕೆಚ್ಚಲ್, ಕೆಂಚಲು, ಕೆಚ್ಚಲ, ಕೆಚ್ಚಲು
- udder in Punjabi
- ਥਣ thaṇ
- udder in Gujarati
- આંચળ ā̃caḷ, આઉ āu
- udder in Sanskrit
- ऊधर् ūdhar, ऊधस् ūdhas, आपीन āpīna
- udder in Pashto
- غولانځه
- udder in Arabic
- ضَرْع ḍarʕ
- udder in Malay
- ambing
- udder in Indonesian
- ambing
- udder in Persian
- پستان pestân
- udder in Thai
- เต้า dtâo
- udder in Vietnamese
- bầu vú
- udder in Myanmar
- နို့အုံ nui.um
Examples of udder in a sentence
- And part of one cow's udder remained unmilked when the robot retracted.
- Udders dry, grain reserves shot – even the insipid nitta pods in short supply.
- The heavy udders of hefted cows trailed on the ground, dripping milk on the greensward.
Forms of udder
| plural | udders |
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Origin of udder
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.
Words formed from udder
Words that rhyme with udder
Questions about udder
- What does udder mean?
- Udder means an organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.
- What is udder in Hindi?
- Udder in Hindi is थन (than). See Udder meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is udder?
- Udder is a noun.
- How do you pronounce udder?
- Udder is pronounced /ˈʌdə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of udder?
- The plural of udder is udders.
Words near udder in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: udder (page history and authors); कास (Marathi) (page history and authors); udder (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਥਣ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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