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hare
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)
- 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.
- 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)
- (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)
- (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.
- 1693, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education.
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
- (regional) Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).
- (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
- hers (that or those of her)
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
Noun
hare
- 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)
- 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
- 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.
- Normally used in conjunction with the definite article de or het depending on the gender of what is being referred to.
- (archaic) inflected form of haar
Derived terms
- Hare Majesteit
Japanese
Romanization
hare
- R?maji transcription of ??
Middle Dutch
Determiner
h?re
- inflection of h?er:
- feminine nominative/accusative singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Middle English
Etymology 1
Determiner
hare
- Alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive)
Pronoun
hare
- Alternative form of hire (“hers”)
Etymology 2
Pronoun
hare
- Alternative form of hire (“her”, object)
Etymology 3
Noun
hare
- Alternative form of her (“hair”)
Etymology 4
Determiner
hare
- (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)
- A hare or its meat (lagomorph of the genus Lepus)
- (rare) An individual who is easily scared or frightened.
- (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)
- 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)
- a mountain hare, Lepus timidus
- a hare, a small animal of the genus Lepus
References
- “hare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pali
Alternative forms
Verb
hare
- optative active singular of harati (“to take away”)
Rapa Nui
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fale.
Noun
hare
- 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
- hare
Declension
Anagrams
- Hera
Tetum
Noun
hare
- unpicked rice; rice plant
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eare
English
Noun
eare (plural eares)
- Archaic spelling of ear.
Anagrams
- aere
Latin
Verb
e?re
- second-person singular present passive subjunctive of e?
Middle English
Noun
eare
- Alternative form of ere (“ear”)
Old English
Etymology
From the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ows-. Cognate with Old Frisian ?re, Old Saxon ?ra, Old Dutch ?ra, Old High German ?ra, Old Norse eyra, Gothic ???????????????? (aus?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æ???.re/
Noun
?are n (nominative plural ?aran)
- ear (organ of hearing)
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: ere, eare, eere, yere, here, eyr, ire, ?here
- English: ear
- Tok Pisin: ia
- Scots: ear
- English: ear
Plautdietsch
Verb
eare
- to honour, to dignify
- to venerate, to revere
Related terms
- Ea
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian ?ria, from Proto-West Germanic *ai??n (“to honor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????r?/
Noun
eare c (no plural)
- honour
Further reading
- “eare (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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