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hair
English
Etymology
From Middle English her, heer, hær, from Old English h?r, from Proto-Germanic *h?r? (“hair”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hier (“hair”), West Frisian hier (“hair”), Dutch haar (“hair”), German Low German Haar (“hair”), German Haar (“hair”), Swedish and Norwegian hår (“hair”), Icelandic hár (“hair”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English cheveler, chevelere (“hair”), borrowed from Old French chevelëure (“hair, head-hair, coiffure, wig”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: hâr, IPA(key): /h??/, /h??/, /h??/
- (US, Canada, Ireland) IPA(key): /h?(?)?/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /he?/
- (Victoria) IPA(key): /h???/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): [hi?]
- Homophone: hare
- Rhymes: -??(r)
- (General New Zealand) Homophones: here (cheer–chair merger), air, heir (cheer–chair merger and H-dropping)
Noun
hair (countable and uncountable, plural hairs) (but usually in singular)
- (countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
- Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs.
- And draweth new delights with hoary hairs.
- (uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I:
- Her abundant hair, of a dark and glossy brown, was neatly plaited and coiled above an ivory column that rose straight from a pair of gently sloping shoulders, clearly outlined beneath the light muslin frock that covered them.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I:
- (zoology, countable) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
- (botany, countable) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
- (countable, engineering, firearms) A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.
- (obsolete) Haircloth; a hair shirt.
- c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Second Nun's Tale", The Canterbury Tales:
- She, ful devout and humble in hir corage, / Under hir robe of gold, that sat ful faire, / Hadde next hir flessh yclad hir in an haire.
- c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Second Nun's Tale", The Canterbury Tales:
- (countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
- (slang, uncountable) complexity; difficulty; quality of being hairy
- Barack Obama
- Having said all that, those who argue that legalizing marijuana is a panacea and it solves all these social problems I think are probably overstating the case. There is a lot of hair on that policy.
- Barack Obama
Usage notes
- The word hair is usually used without an article in singular number when it refers to all the hairs on one's head in general. But if it refers to more than one hair, a few hairs, then it takes the plural form with an article and needs a plural verb.
- Adjectives often applied to "hair": long, short, curly, straight, wavy, dark, blonde, black, brown, red, blue, green, purple, coarse, fine, healthy, damaged, messy, beautiful, perfect, natural, dyed.
Derived terms
Related terms
- depilatory
Translations
Verb
hair (third-person singular simple present hairs, present participle hairing, simple past and past participle haired)
- (transitive) To remove the hair from.
- (intransitive) To grow hair (where there was a bald spot).
- (transitive) To cause to have or bear hair; to provide with hair
- To string the bow for a violin.
Translations
Anagrams
- Hari, Hira, Ihar, Riha, riah
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ha??/
Verb
hair
- h-prothesized form of air
Noun
hair
- h-prothesized form of air
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
hair (plural haires)
- Alternative form of her (“hair”)
Etymology 2
Noun
hair (plural haires or hairen)
- Alternative form of here (“haircloth”)
Etymology 3
Adjective
hair
- Alternative form of hor (“hoar”)
Etymology 4
Noun
hair
- Alternative form of heir (“heir”)
Old French
Alternative forms
- hadir, ha?ir, haïr
Etymology
From Frankish *hattjan.
Verb
hair
- to hate
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. First person singular present hez and present subjunctives are inherited from Frankish with regular sound changes of *-ttj- > -z/c-. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Related terms
- haïne
Descendants
- Middle French: haïr
- French: haïr
- Norman: haï
hair From the web:
- what haircut should i get
- what hair type do i have
- what hair color is best for me
- what hairstyle suits me
- what hair to use for butterfly locs
- what haircut should i get men
- what hair color looks best on me
- what haircut should i get quiz
favori
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French favori. Doublet of favourite.
Noun
favori (plural favoris)
- A lock of loose hair at the temple.
- 1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, p. 141:
- they called him the phantom walrus – an animal, it is true, Tubbs had come to resemble, swathed against the fog and mist in an oversized raincoat (Tubbs was losing weight), his favoris bristling on his cheeks like tusks and glistening with weather.
- 1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, p. 141:
Esperanto
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
favori (present favoras, past favoris, future favoros, conditional favorus, volitive favoru)
- to favor
Conjugation
French
Etymology
From Italian favorito.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.v?.?i/
Adjective
favori (feminine singular favorite, masculine plural favoris, feminine plural favorites)
- favourite (UK) / favorite (US)
- Synonym: préféré
Noun
favori m (plural favoris, feminine favorite)
- favorite
favori m (plural favoris)
- (in the plural) sideburns, side whiskers
Related terms
- favoritisme
Descendants
- ? Danish: favorit
- ? English: favori
- ? Swedish: favorit
- ? Turkish: favori
Further reading
- “favori” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
favori m
- plural of favore
Anagrams
- foravi
Latin
Noun
fav?r?
- dative singular of favor
Norman
Etymology
From Old French favorit, favori, past participle of favorir (“to favor”).
Adjective
favori m
- (Jersey) favorite
Turkish
Etymology
From French favori.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.v?.?i/
Adjective
favori (comparative daha favori, superlative en favori)
- favourite (UK) / favorite (US)
- Synonym: gözde
Declension
Noun
favori (definite accusative favoriyi, plural favoriler)
- favourite (UK) / favorite (US)
- Synonym: gözde
Declension
favori From the web:
- what favorite
- what favorite color says about you
- what favorite food
- what favorite animal says about you
- what favorite flower says about you
- what favoritism means
- what favorite colors mean
- what favoritism does to a child
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