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== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɜːd/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /hɔːd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɝd/ (Ireland, Appalachia) IPA(key): /hiːɹd/ (Indic) IPA(key): /hɜ(r)ɖ/, (rhotic) /hərɖ/, (without the fern–fir–fur merger, rare) /hɛrɖ/ (distinguished from herd) IPA(key): /ˈhɪjə(r)ɖ/, /hɪˈjɜ(r)ɖ/, (rhotic, also) /hirɖ/ (Early Modern) IPA(key): /hɛrd/, /hærd/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d (most accents) Homophone: herd === Etymology 1 === ==== Alternative forms ==== 'eard, heerd, hoid, yeard, yerd (pronunciation spelling or dialectal) ==== Verb ==== heard simple past and past participle of hear ==== Adjective ==== heard (not comparable) That has been perceived aurally. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Interjection ==== heard (colloquial) I understand; gotcha. ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== heard (plural heards) Obsolete form of herd. === Anagrams === Herda, hared, Rhade, Hader, ardeh, rehad, Daher, -hedra == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī). Compare Old Frisian herd, Old Saxon hard, Old Dutch hart, Old High German hart, Old Norse harðr, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (hardus). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xæ͜ɑrd/, [hæ͜ɑrˠd] Rhymes: -æ͜ɑrd === Adjective === heard hard, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== hearde ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: hard English: hard→ Finnish: haarti→ Spanish: hard Scots: hard, haird