hámster

hámster m (plural hámsteres)

1. hamster

hámster m (plural hámsteres or hámsters) (European Portuguese spelling, uncommon)

1. alternative spelling of hamster

• “hámster”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• hamster

Borrowed from English hamster or German Hamster, from Old High German hamastra, hamustro (“field mouse”), probably from Old East Slavic хомѣсторъ (xoměstorŭ), хомѣстаръ (xoměstarŭ). See English hamster for more.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxamsteɾ/ [ˈxãms.t̪eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -amsteɾ
• IPA^(key): /ˈhamsteɾ/ [ˈhãmst̪er]

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  • Rhymes: -amsteɾ
• Syllabification: háms‧ter

hámster m (plural hámsteres or hámsters)

1. hamster

• “hámster”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “hámster”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN
• Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “hámster”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]