different between chihuahua vs husky

English

Etymology

See Chihuahua.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t??.wa?(w).?/
• (US) enPR: ch?wä?wä, IPA^(key): /t???w??w??/

Noun

chihuahua (plural chihuahuas)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Chihuahua

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?ihu?hu?/, [?t??i?u???u?]
• Syllabification: chi?hu?a?hu?a

Noun

chihuahua

1. chihuahua

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.wa.wa/

Noun

chihuahua m (plural chihuahuas)

1. Chihuahua / chihuahua (the dog breed or an individual of this breed)

Synonyms

• terrier mexicain

Polish

Etymology

From English Chihuahua, from Spanish Chihuahua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??i?wa.wa/

Noun

chihuahua m anim (indeclinable)

1. Chihuahua (breed of dog)

Related terms

• (noun) Chihuahua

Further reading

• chihuahua in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• chihuahua in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

chihuahua m, f (plural chihuahuas)

1. chihuahua (breed of dog)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??i?wawa/, [t??i?wa.wa]

Noun

chihuahua f (plural chihuahuas)

1. chihuahua (breed of dog)

   Synonym: chihuahueño

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?h?s.ki/
• Rhymes: -?ski

Etymology 1

From husk +? -y; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk".

Adjective

husky (comparative huskier, superlative huskiest)

1. (of a voice) Hoarse and rough-sounding.
2. (US) Burly, stout.
   • 1910, Hamlin Garland, Other Main-Travelled Roads

     You look like a good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard […]

   • 1965, Popular Mechanics, September issue, page 22

     Word got around quickly that this plane, which has been flying since January, is bigger and huskier than our proposed C-5A […]

3. Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.

   • Some swains have sown before: but most have found
     A husky harvest from the grudging ground.

Derived terms

• huskily
• huskiness

Translations

Etymology 2

Shortening of husky dog, where husky is ultimately from the same Old Montagnais root as Eskimo.

Noun

husky (plural huskies)

1. Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs.

Alternative forms

• huskie

Synonyms

• polar dog

Related terms

• Husky (“an Eskimo person; an Eskimo language”) (dated)
• Eskimo

Translations

See also

• husky on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• husky on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Czech

Etymology 1

Noun

husky

1. husky (breed of dog)

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

husky

1. (informal) Diminutive of husy

Declension

See huska

Synonyms

• husy
• husi?ky

Related terms

• husa
• huska
• husi?ka

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English husky

Noun

husky m (definite singular huskyen, indefinite plural huskyer, definite plural huskyene)

1. a husky (breed of dog)

References

• “husky” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English husky

Noun

husky m (definite singular huskyen, indefinite plural huskyar, definite plural huskyane)

1. a husky (breed of dog)

Spanish

Noun

husky m (plural huskys)

1. husky (dogs)