hoar

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English hor, hore, from Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), from Proto-West Germanic *hair, from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”). Cognate with German hehr (“noble, sublime”), Herr (“sir, gentleman”), Scottish Gaelic ciar (“dusky”), and Russian се́рый (séryj, “grey”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hô, IPA(key): /hɔː/ (General American) enPR: hôr, IPA(key): /hoɹ/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: hōr, IPA(key): /ho(ː)ɹ/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /hoə/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Homophone: whore === Noun === hoar A white or greyish-white colour. Hoariness; antiquity. ==== Synonyms ==== (hoariness): agedness, ancientness, oldhood; see also Thesaurus:oldness ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === hoar (not comparable) Of a white or greyish-white colour. Synonym: frosty (poetic) Hoarily bearded. (obsolete) Musty; mouldy; stale. (archaic) Figuratively, grey-haired with age. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== haar horehound ==== Translations ==== === Verb === hoar (third-person singular simple present hoars, present participle hoaring, simple past and past participle hoared) (obsolete, intransitive) To become mouldy or musty. ==== Translations ==== === See also === Appendix:Colors === Anagrams === Haro, Hora, ROAH, haor, haro, hora, oh ar == Alemannic German == === Alternative forms === Härre, haar, hoor, hàre === Etymology === From Middle High German hār, from Old High German hār. Compare German Haar, Dutch haar, English hair, Swedish hår. === Noun === hoar n (Gressoney, anatomy) hair (the long hair on a person's head) === References === Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien == Swedish == === Noun === hoar indefinite plural of ho === Verb === hoar present indicative of hoa === Anagrams === hora