different between hare vs cottontail

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??/, /he?/, /he?/
• Homophone: hair

Etymology 1

From Middle English hare, from Old English hara (“hare”), from Proto-Germanic *hasô (compare West Frisian hazze, Dutch haas, German Hase, Norwegian and Swedish hare, Icelandic heri), from Proto-Germanic *haswaz (“grey”) (compare Old English hasu, Middle High German heswe (“pale, dull”)), from Proto-Indo-European *?h?s-én- (compare Welsh cannu (“to whiten”), ceinach (“hare”), Latin c?nus (“white”), cascus (“old”), Old Prussian sasnis (“hare”), Pashto ???? (soe, “hare”) and Sanskrit ?? (?a?a, “hare”)).

Noun

hare (plural hares)

1. Any of several plant-eating animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
2. The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: hei

Translations

Verb

hare (third-person singular simple present hares, present participle haring, simple past and past participle hared)

1. (intransitive) To move swiftly.

Synonyms

• race
• speed
• tear

See also

• form (hare's home)
• leveret (young hare)
• jackrabbit (type of hare)

Etymology 2

From Middle English harren, harien (“to drag by force, ill-treat”), of uncertain origin. Compare harry, harass.

Alternative forms

• harr

Verb

hare (third-person singular simple present hares, present participle haring, simple past and past participle hared)

1. (obsolete) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
   • 1693, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education.

     To hare and rate them thus at every turn, is not to teach them, but to vex, and torment them to no purpo?e.

Etymology 3

From Middle English hore, from Old English h?r (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”). Cognate with German hehr (“noble, sublime”).

Alternative forms

• hoar

Adjective

hare

1. (regional) Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).

2. (regional) Cold, frosty (of weather).

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Anagrams

• Ahre, Hera, RHAe, Rahe, Rhea, hear, hera, rhea

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch (de) hare.

Pronoun

hare

1. hers (that or those of her)

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

Noun

hare

1. an expression that denotes unapproval, a variation for saying no

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hari, heri (“hare”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha?r?/, [?h???]

Noun

hare c (singular definite haren, plural indefinite harer)

1. hare

Inflection

See also

• hare on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hare. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?.r?/
• Hyphenation: ha?re
• Rhymes: -a?r?

Determiner

hare

1. non-attributive form of haar (English: hers)

   Normally used in conjunction with the definite article de or het depending on the gender of what is being referred to.

2. (archaic) inflected form of haar

Derived terms

• Hare Majesteit

Japanese

Romanization

hare

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Middle Dutch

Determiner

h?re

1. inflection of h?er:
   1. feminine nominative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

hare

1. Alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive)

Pronoun

hare

1. Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hare

1. Alternative form of hire (“her”, object)

Etymology 3

Noun

hare

1. Alternative form of her (“hair”)

Etymology 4

Determiner

hare

1. (chiefly West Midland and Kent) Alternative form of here (“their”)

Etymology 5

From Old English hara, from Proto-Germanic *hasô; some forms have the vowel of Old Norse heri.

Alternative forms

• hara, haar, hayre, harre, hayr, are, here

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?r(?)/

Noun

hare (plural hares)

2. A hare or its meat (lagomorph of the genus Lepus)
3. (rare) An individual who is easily scared or frightened.
4. (rare) A hare's skin or hide.

Descendants

• English: hare
• Scots: hare, hair

References

• “h?re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-26.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse *heri, from Proto-Germanic *háswa-. Compare with German Hase, Swedish hare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?r?/
• Homophone: harde

Noun

hare m (definite singular haren, indefinite plural harer, definite plural harene)

1. a hare

References

• “hare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse *heri, from Proto-Germanic *háswa-. Akin to English hare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²h??r?/
• Homophone: harde

Noun

hare m (definite singular haren, indefinite plural harar, definite plural harane)

1. a mountain hare, Lepus timidus
2. a hare, a small animal of the genus Lepus

References

• “hare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

hare

1. optative active singular of harati (“to take away”)

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fale.

Noun

hare

1. house

Derived terms

• hare moa
• hare paenga
• hare oka

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hari, hæri, from Old Norse *hari, heri, from Proto-Germanic *hasô.

Pronunciation

Noun

hare c

1. hare

Declension

Anagrams

• Hera

Tetum

Noun

hare

1. unpicked rice; rice plant

English

Etymology

From cotton +? tail.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?t.n?te?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?t.n?te?l/

Noun

cottontail (plural cottontails)

1. A rabbit of any of various species in genus Sylvilagus.
2. (nudism) A person with a tanned body and untanned buttocks, resembling a cottontail rabbit's dark fur and light tail.

Hyponyms

• (certain rabbits in genus): swamp rabbit, tapeti, Dice's cottontail, omilteme cottontail, marsh rabbit, desert cottontail, Mexican cottontail, eastern cottontail, mountain cottontail, Appalachian cottontail, Allegheny cottontail, robust cottontail, New England cottontail, brush rabbit

Translations

See also

• cottontail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sylvilagus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• cottontail on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons