hanse

== English == === Etymology 1 === See Hanse. ==== Alternative forms ==== hans haunse, haunce ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /hæns/, /hænzə/ ==== Noun ==== hanse (plural hanses) (historical) Alternative form of Hanse, a merchant guild or a former commercial league of German cities. (historical) The guildhall of a Hanse. (historical) A fee payable to the Hanse, particularly its entrance fee and the impost levied on non-members trading in its area. ===== Synonyms ===== (merchant guild): See guild (Hanseatic League): See Hanseatic League (headquarters of a Hanse in a city): guildhall, hanse-house (fee paid to enter the Hanse): hansing, hansing-silver (any fee paid to the Hanse): hanse-penny, hanse-gild ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "Hanse, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1898. === Etymology 2 === Compare French anse (“handle”), anse de panier (“surbased arch, flat arch, vault”), and English haunch (“hip”). ==== Noun ==== hanse (plural hanses) (architecture) That part of an elliptical or many-centred arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost. === Anagrams === Ehsan, Haens, Hanes, Sanhe, Shane, Shean, ashen, heans == French == === Alternative forms === Hanse Anse, anse (archaic) === Etymology === From Middle French hanse, from Old French hanse (13th c.), from Middle Low German hanse. Compare German Hanse, English hansa. === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɑ̃s/ === Noun === hanse f (plural hanses) hanse, medieval merchants’ guild, especially the Hanseatic League (or German Hanse) ==== Related terms ==== === References === “hanse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012