hare

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɛə/, /hɛː/ (General American) IPA(key): /hɛɚ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /heː/ (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /heə/ (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /hiə/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /heɹ/ (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /hɜː(ɹ)/ Homophones: hair; here (cheer–chair merger); her (fair–fur merger) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English hare, from Old English hara (“hare”), from Proto-West Germanic *hasō ~ *haʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *hasô, from *haswaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂s-én-. ==== Noun ==== hare (countable and uncountable, plural hare or hares) (countable) Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears. (uncountable) The meat from this animal. (countable) 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 ===== rabbit race speed tear ==== See also ==== form (hare's home) leveret (young hare) jackrabbit (type of hare) ==== References ==== “hare”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. hare on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === 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. === Etymology 3 === From Middle English hore, from Old English hār (“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. === Pronunciation === === Pronoun === hare hers (that or those of her) == Albanian == === Alternative forms === garé — Calabria === Etymology === Likely borrowed from Greek χαρά (chará, “joy”). === Noun === haré f (definite haréja) joy Synonym: gëzim === Further reading === FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980 == Bikol Central == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /haˈɾe/ [haˈɾe] IPA(key): /ʔaˈɾe/ [ʔaˈɾe] (h-dropping) Hyphenation: ha‧re === Verb === haré (Basahan spelling ᜑᜍᜒ) misspelling of hari == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse hari, heri (“hare”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /haːrə/, [ˈhɑːɑ] === 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): /ˈɦaː.rə/ Hyphenation: ha‧re Rhymes: -aːrə === Pronoun === hare (personal plural haren) non-attributive form of haar; hers Normally used in conjunction with the definite article de or het depending on the gender of what is being referred to. Die auto is de hare. ― That car is hers. Dat huis is het hare. ― That house is hers. Dat is de/het hare. ― That is hers. ==== Declension ==== === Determiner === hare (archaic) inflection of haar: nominative/accusative feminine singular attributive nominative/accusative plural attributive (Southern) masculine singular attributive of haar ==== Derived terms ==== Hare Majesteit == Japanese == === Romanization === hare Rōmaji transcription of はれ == Middle Dutch == === Determiner === hāre inflection of hāer: feminine nominative/accusative singular nominative/accusative plural == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English hara; some forms have the vowel of Old Norse heri. ==== Alternative forms ==== hara, haar, hayre, harre, hayr, are, here ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhaːr(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== hare (plural hares) A hare or its meat (lagomorph of the genus Lepus) (rare) Someone who is easily scared or frightened. (rare) A hare's skin or hide. ===== Descendants ===== English: hare Scots: hare, hair Yola: haar ===== References ===== “hāre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 June 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Determiner ==== hare alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive) ==== Pronoun ==== hare alternative form of hire (“hers”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronoun ==== hare alternative form of hire (“her”, object) === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== hare alternative form of her (“hair”) === Etymology 5 === ==== Determiner ==== hare (chiefly West Midland and Kent) alternative form of here (“their”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse heri, from Proto-Germanic *háswa-. Compare with German Hase, Swedish hare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaːrə/ Homophone: harde === Noun === hare m (definite singular haren, indefinite plural harer, definite plural harene) a hare === References === “hare” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === hårrå (dialectal) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse heri, from Proto-Germanic *hasô. Akin to English hare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²hɑːrə/ 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 ==== Synonyms ==== jase ==== Derived terms ==== harelabb harepest harerug trollhare === 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. Cognates include Hawaiian hale and Māori whare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈha.ɾe/ Hyphenation: ha‧re === Noun === hare house, home family ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Veronica Du Feu (1996), Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 16 “hare”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN Paulus Kieviet (2017), A grammar of Rapa Nui‎[3], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 32 == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English hare, from Old English hara. === Noun === hare (plural hares) a hare, Lepus sp. (archaic) the last sheaf or portion of grain harvested; the end of the harvest Synonyms: clyack, kirn, maiden == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish hari, hæri, from Old Norse *hari, heri, from Proto-Germanic *hasô. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hare c hare ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== harmynt (“harelipped”) hartass === Phrase === hare (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of "ha det" (in ha det or more generally). === References === hare in Svensk ordbok (SO) hare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) hare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) === Anagrams === Hera == Tetum == === Etymology === From *pare, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay. Compare Javanese pari. === Noun === hare rice (unpicked); rice (plant)