hamster
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Middle High German#HAMSTERCategory:English terms derived from Old High German#HAMSTERCategory:English terms derived from Old East Slavic#HAMSTERCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic#HAMSTERCategory:English terms derived from Slavic languages#HAMSTERCategory:English terms derived from Iranian languages#HAMSTERBorrowed from GermanCategory:English terms borrowed from German#HAMSTERCategory:English terms derived from German#HAMSTER Hamster (see for etymology). Displaced earlier term German rat.
Pronunciation
Noun
hamster (plural hamsters)Category:English lemmas#HAMSTERCategory:English nouns#HAMSTERCategory:English countable nouns#HAMSTERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with entries#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HAMSTER
- Any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
- The hamster stuffed his puffy cheeks with food.Category:English terms with usage examples#HAMSTER
- 2013, George deStevens, Ernst Jucker, V. Zingel, Progress in Drug Research, page 166:
- Since the pregnancy interceptive agents or the menses regulators may also influence the development of either trophoblasts or the maternal cells (epithelial and stromal) at the embryo attachment site, another in vitro assay method using using trophoblast cells of hamster and mouse isolated from a preplacental organelle, the ectoplacental cone, has been developed.Category:English terms with quotations#HAMSTER
- In particular, a rodent of the species Mesocricetus auratus (the golden hamster) or of a species of the genera CricetiscusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)#Cricetiscus and Phodopus (the dwarf hamstersCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#dwarf%20hamster), often kept as a pet or used in scientific research.
- Any of various other rodents of similar appearance, such as the maned hamster or crested hamster, Lophiomys imhausiCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Lophiomys%20imhausi, mouse-like hamsters of genus CalomyscusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)#Calomyscus, and the white-tailed rat (Mystromys albicaudatusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Mystromys%20albicaudatus).
Synonyms
- (golden hamster): Syrian hamster
Derived terms
- antihamster
- Chinese hamster
- Chinese hamster ovary cell
- Djungarian hamster, Dzungarian hamster
- golden hamster
- hammy
- hamster ball
- hamsterer
- hamstering
- hamsterization
- hamsterless
- hamsterlike
- hamster style
- hamster wheel
- hamstery
- idea hamster
- mouse-like hamster
- rationalisation hamster
- rationalization hamster
- Russian winter white dwarf hamster
- Siberian dwarf hamster
- Siberian hamster
- winter white Russian hamster
Descendants
Translations
See also
Verb
hamster (third-person singular simple present hamsters, present participle hamstering, simple past and past participle hamstered)Category:English lemmas#HAMSTERCategory:English verbs#HAMSTERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with entries#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HAMSTER
- (ambitransitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#HAMSTERCategory:English intransitive verbs#HAMSTER) To secrete or store privately, as a hamster does with food in its cheek pouches.
- Synonym: stash
- 1974, Phyllis Knight, Rolf Knight, A Very Ordinary Life, page 43:
- Probably the city government knew that without that hamstering half the city would starve and they somehow got the police to lay off. It was in the little stinky one-horse towns that you had all the trouble.Category:English terms with quotations#HAMSTER
- 2004, Sharon L. Pywell, What Happened to Henry, page 50:
- […] in his bedroom in neat stacks — he always hamstered them away upstairs as soon as the morning was done. This year the gifts sat ignored […]Category:English terms with quotations#HAMSTER
- 2014, Edith Sheffer, Burned Bridge: How East and West Germans Made the Iron Curtain:
- […] eastern children frequently “hamstered,” smuggled, and begged across the boundary, especially after currency reform […]Category:English terms with quotations#HAMSTER
Translations
Further reading
hamster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Golden hamster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- hamster in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Anagrams
Category:en:Cricetids#HAMSTERCornish
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Cornish terms borrowed from English#HAMSTERCategory:Cornish terms derived from English#HAMSTER hamster.
Pronunciation
Noun
hamster m (plural hamsters)Category:Cornish lemmas#HAMSTERCategory:Cornish nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Cornish entries with incorrect language header#HAMSTERCategory:Cornish masculine nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with entries#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HAMSTER
Category:kw:Rodents#HAMSTERDanish
Etymology
From GermanCategory:Danish terms derived from German#HAMSTER Hamster.
Pronunciation
Noun
hamster c (singular definite hamsteren, plural indefinite hamstere)Category:Danish lemmas#HAMSTERCategory:Danish nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#HAMSTERCategory:Danish common-gender nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with entries#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HAMSTER
- a hamster
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hamster | hamsteren | hamstere | hamsterne |
| genitive | hamsters | hamsterens | hamsteres | hamsternes |
References
- “hamster” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦɑmstər/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#HAMSTER
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#HAMSTERAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: ham‧ster
Etymology 1
Borrowed from GermanCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from German#HAMSTERCategory:Dutch terms derived from German#HAMSTER Hamster.
Noun
hamster m (plural hamsters, diminutive hamstertje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#HAMSTERCategory:Dutch nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#HAMSTERCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#HAMSTERCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with entries#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HAMSTER
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: hamster
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
hamsterCategory:Dutch non-lemma forms#HAMSTERCategory:Dutch verb forms#HAMSTERCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with entries#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HAMSTER
- inflection of hamsteren:
French
Etymology
Borrowed from GermanCategory:French terms borrowed from German#HAMSTERCategory:French terms derived from German#HAMSTER Hamster and ultimately of Balto-SlavicCategory:French terms derived from Balto-Slavic languages#HAMSTER origin.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h)Category:French terms with aspirated h IPA(key): /am.stɛʁ/Category:French 2-syllable words#HAMSTERCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#HAMSTER
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#HAMSTERAudio (France (Paris)); “un hamster”: (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#HAMSTERAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#HAMSTERAudio (France (Somain)): (file)
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /am.stɚ/Category:French 2-syllable words#HAMSTERCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#HAMSTER
Noun
hamster m (plural hamsters)Category:French lemmas#HAMSTERCategory:French nouns#HAMSTERCategory:French countable nouns#HAMSTERCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#HAMSTERCategory:French masculine nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with entries#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HAMSTER
Further reading
- “hamster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
German
Verb
hamsterCategory:German non-lemma forms#HAMSTERCategory:German verb forms#HAMSTERCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with entries#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HAMSTER
Middle High German
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German hamustro.
Category:Middle High German terms derived from Old East Slavic#HAMSTERCategory:Middle High German terms derived from Old High German#HAMSTERCategory:Middle High German terms derived from Proto-Slavic#HAMSTERCategory:Middle High German terms inherited from Old High German#HAMSTERCategory:Middle High German entries with etymology texts#HAMSTERCategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#HAMSTERNoun
hamster mCategory:Middle High German lemmas#HAMSTERCategory:Middle High German nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Middle High German entries with incorrect language header#HAMSTERCategory:Middle High German masculine nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with entries#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HAMSTER
Declension
Descendants
- Central Franconian:
- Hunsrik: Hamster
- German: Hamster
References
- Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “hamster”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From GermanCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from German#HAMSTER Hamster.
Noun
hamster m (definite singular hamsteren, indefinite plural hamstere or hamstre or hamstrer, definite plural hamsterne or hamstrene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#HAMSTERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#HAMSTERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with entries#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HAMSTER
- a hamster
References
- “hamster” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From GermanCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from German#HAMSTER Hamster.
Noun
hamster m (definite singular hamsteren, indefinite plural hamsterar, definite plural hamsterane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#HAMSTERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#HAMSTERCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with entries#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HAMSTER
- a hamster
References
- “hamster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from GermanCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from German#HAMSTERCategory:Portuguese unadapted borrowings from German#HAMSTERCategory:Portuguese terms derived from German#HAMSTER Hamster and ultimately of Balto-SlavicCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Balto-Slavic languages#HAMSTER origin.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.mis.teʁ/ [ˈhɐ̃.mis.teh], /ˈʁɐms.teʁ/ [ˈhɐms.teh]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#HAMSTERCategory:Portuguese 2-syllable words#HAMSTERCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#HAMSTER
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.mis.teɾ/ [ˈhɐ̃.mis.teɾ], /ˈʁɐms.teɾ/ [ˈhɐms.teɾ]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#HAMSTERCategory:Portuguese 2-syllable words#HAMSTERCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#HAMSTER
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.miʃ.teʁ/ [ˈχɐ̃.miʃ.teχ], /ˈʁɐmʃ.teʁ/ [ˈχɐmʃ.teχ]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#HAMSTERCategory:Portuguese 2-syllable words#HAMSTERCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#HAMSTER
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.mis.teɻ/ [ˈhɐ̃.mis.teɻ], /ˈʁɐms.teɻ/ [ˈhɐms.teɻ]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#HAMSTERCategory:Portuguese 2-syllable words#HAMSTERCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#HAMSTER
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁɐms.teʁ/ [ˈhɐms.teh], /ˈʁɐ.mis.teʁ/ [ˈhɐ.mis.teh]Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#HAMSTERCategory:Portuguese 3-syllable words#HAMSTERCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#HAMSTER
Noun
hamster m (plural hamsters)Category:Portuguese lemmas#HAMSTERCategory:Portuguese nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#HAMSTERCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with entries#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HAMSTER
- hamster (small, short-tailed European rodent)
Further reading
- “hamster”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “hámster”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
- “hámster”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “hamster”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
- “hamster”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from GermanCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from German#HAMSTERCategory:Romanian terms derived from German#HAMSTER Hamster.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈham.ster/Category:Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation#HAMSTER
Noun
hamster m (plural hamsteri)Category:Romanian lemmas#HAMSTERCategory:Romanian nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Romanian countable nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#HAMSTERCategory:Romanian masculine nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with entries#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HAMSTER
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | hamster | hamsterul | hamsteri | hamsterii |
| genitive-dative | hamster | hamsterului | hamsteri | hamsterilor |
| vocative | hamsterule | hamsterilor | ||
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from GermanCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from German#HAMSTERCategory:Spanish terms derived from German#HAMSTER Hamster.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxamsteɾ/ [ˈxãms.t̪eɾ]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#HAMSTERCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#HAMSTER
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#HAMSTERAudio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -amsteɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/amsteɾ#HAMSTERCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/amsteɾ/2 syllables#HAMSTER
- Syllabification: hams‧ter
Noun
hamster m (plural hamsters)Category:Spanish lemmas#HAMSTERCategory:Spanish nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Spanish countable nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#HAMSTERCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with entries#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HAMSTER
- alternative form of hámster
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
- Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “hamster”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA
Swedish
Etymology
From GermanCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from German#HAMSTERCategory:Swedish terms derived from German#HAMSTER Hamster and ultimately of Balto-SlavicCategory:Swedish terms derived from Balto-Slavic languages#HAMSTER origin.
Noun
hamster cCategory:Swedish lemmas#HAMSTERCategory:Swedish nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#HAMSTERCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with entries#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HAMSTER
- hamster
- Hamstern sprang i hjulet
- The hamster was running in the wheel
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | hamster | hamsters |
| definite | hamstern | hamsterns | |
| plural | indefinite | hamstrar | hamstrars |
| definite | hamstrarna | hamstrarnas |
Related terms
References
- “hamster”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “hamster”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “hamster”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- Svensk MeSH
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from English#HAMSTERCategory:Tagalog terms derived from English#HAMSTER hamster.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈhamsteɾ/ [ˈhams.t̪ɛɾ]Category:Tagalog 2-syllable words#HAMSTERCategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#HAMSTER
- Rhymes: -amsteɾCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/amsteɾ#HAMSTERCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/amsteɾ/2 syllables#HAMSTER
- Syllabification: hams‧terCategory:Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation#HAMSTER
Noun
hamster (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜋ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔)Category:Tagalog lemmas#HAMSTERCategory:Tagalog nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#HAMSTERCategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#HAMSTERCategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with entries#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HAMSTER
- hamster
- 1996, Emmanuel A. Reyes, Malikhaing pelikula: mga sanaysay tungkol sa pelikulang Pilipino:
- Ilalagay ni PAUL ang retrato ni Ferdinand at Imelda Marcos sa likod ng kulungan ng mga hamster.Category:Tagalog terms with quotations#HAMSTER
- PAUL will place the picture of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos behind the hamster cage.
- 2020, TINA LATA, The Good Girl's Revenge:
- Kung may nasabi man akong hindi maganda, bakit hindi niya sabihin sa 'kin? Hindi naman ako manghuhula para malaman kung anong problema niya. Tiningnan ko 'yong hamster na gusto kong bilhin pero naisip ko si Tammy.Category:Tagalog terms with quotations#HAMSTER
- If I said something bad, why didn't she tell me? I'm not going to guess what her problem is. I looked at the hamster I wanted to buy but I thought of Tammy.
Turkish
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Turkish terms derived from English#HAMSTER hamster.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɑm.s(ɯ)tæɾ]Category:Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation#HAMSTER
- Hyphenation: hams‧ter
Noun
hamster (definite accusative hamsteri, plural hamsterler)Category:Turkish lemmas#HAMSTERCategory:Turkish nouns#HAMSTERCategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with entries#HAMSTERCategory:Pages with 15 entries#HAMSTER