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Ultimately from English cutter.

kater (definite accusative kateri, plural katerlər)

1. cutter
2. a (small) motorboat

• “kater” in Obastan.com.

Borrowed from Russian катер (kater), from English cutter.

kater

1. cutter, launch

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “kater”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːtər/

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• Hyphenation: ka‧ter
• Rhymes: -aːtər

From Middle Dutch cāter, from Old Dutch *kataro, from Proto-West Germanic *kataʀō.

kater m (plural katers, diminutive katertje n, feminine kat or kattin or vrouwtjeskat or poes)

1. a tomcat, tom, male cat

• mannetjeskat

• kattin
• poes
• vrouwtjeskat

From German Kater (“tomcat; hangover”), a humorous alteration of Katarrh (“catarrh, mucosal inflammation”, loosely also “malaise”) based on somewhat older German Katzenjammer (“hangover”, literally “caterwaul”). An influence by a brand of beer called Kater is also often cited, though this is doubtful.

kater m (plural katers, diminutive katertje n)

1. a hangover

• Kreta, raket

From Old Norse kátr, from Proto-Germanic *kanhtaz.

kāter

1. jolly, glad, cheerful
2. frivolous, wanton

• Swedish: kåt