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natter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈnætə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈnætɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From a Northern England dialectal variant of gnatter (also knatter) ("to chatter, grumble; nibble away at"), ultimately of imitative origin. Cognate with German Low German gnattern (“to mumble, grumble, be grouchy”).

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) Mindless and irrelevant chatter.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
natters Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

sand-natter

natter en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈnætə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈnætɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From a Northern England dialectal variant of gnatter (also knatter) ("to chatter, grumble; nibble away at"), ultimately of imitative origin. Cognate with German Low German gnattern (“to mumble, grumble, be grouchy”).

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) To talk casually; to discuss unimportant matters.
    • What are you guys nattering about? You're clearly not following the meeting!
  2. (Scotland) To nag.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
nattered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
nattered Tense=Past lexicographic
natters Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
nattering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

nattersome · nattery · natterer

Translations (10)

fr bavarder (to talk idly) · fi pulista (to talk idly) · fr blablater (to talk idly) · da plapre (to talk idly) · la garriō (to talk idly) · bg бърборя (to talk idly) · pt tagarelar (to talk idly) · fr papoter (to talk idly) · ru болта́ть (to talk idly) · fi jutella (to talk idly)