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lutter

lutter

Danish

Adjective

lutter (neuter lutter, e-form lutter)

  1. sheer, all, nothing but

Etymology 2

See lut (lute).

Noun

lutter c

  1. plural indefinite of lut

French

Etymology

From Old French luitier, loitier, luiter, from Vulgar Latin luctāre, from Latin luctārī, present active infinitive of luctor (struggle), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (bend, twist). Compare Portuguese lutar, Spanish luchar, Catalan lluitar, Italian lottare, Romanian lupta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ly.te/

Verb

lutter

  1. (intransitive) to struggle, to fight
    Lutter contre la discrimination - To fight/struggle against discrimation
  2. (sports) to wrestle

Conjugation

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lutter m

  1. indefinite plural of lutt