Hare in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Hare

You can make 20 words from 'hare' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 4 letters words from 'hare'
• 3 letters words from 'hare'
• 2 letters words from 'hare'

4 letters words from 'hare'

HARE 7	HEAR 7
RHEA 7

3 letters words from 'hare'

ARE 3	EAR 3
ERA 3	HAE 6
HER 6	RAH 6
REH 6

2 letters words from 'hare'

AE 2	AH 5
AR 2	EA 2
EH 5	ER 2
HA 5	HE 5
RE 2

Definitions and meaning of hare

hare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛɚ/, /hɛɹ/, /hɛə/
• Homophone: hair

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 (plural hares)

1. 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.
2. 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)

1. (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)

1. (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 purpoſe.

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

1. (regional) Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).

2. (regional) Cold, frosty (of weather).

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Anagrams

• Ahre, Hera, RHAe, Rahe, Rhea, hear, hera, rhea

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch (de) hare.

Pronoun

hare

1. hers (that or those of her)

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

Noun

hare

1. an expression that denotes unapproval, a variation for saying no

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hari, heri (“hare”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haːrə/, [ˈhɑːɑ]

Noun

hare c (singular definite haren, plural indefinite harer)

1. hare

Inflection

See also

• hare on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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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

Determiner

hare

1. 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.

2. (archaic) inflected form of haar

Derived terms

• Hare Majesteit

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Japanese

Romanization

hare

1. Rōmaji transcription of はれ

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Middle Dutch

Determiner

hāre

1. inflection of hāer:
   1. feminine nominative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

hare

1. Alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive)

Pronoun

hare

1. Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hare

1. Alternative form of hire (“her”, object)

Etymology 3

Noun

hare

1. Alternative form of her (“hair”)

Etymology 4

Determiner

hare

1. (chiefly West Midland and Kent) Alternative form of here (“their”)

Etymology 5

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)

2. A hare or its meat (lagomorph of the genus Lepus)
3. (rare) An individual who is easily scared or frightened.
4. (rare) A hare's skin or hide.

Descendants

• English: hare
• Scots: hare, hair

References

• “hāre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-26.

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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)

1. a hare

References

• “hare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse *heri, from Proto-Germanic *háswa-. Akin to English hare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²hɑːrə/
• Homophone: harde

Noun

hare m (definite singular haren, indefinite plural harar, definite plural harane)

1. a mountain hare, Lepus timidus
2. a hare, a small animal of the genus Lepus

References

• “hare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

hare

1. optative active singular of harati (“to take away”)

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Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fale. Cognates include Hawaiian hale and Maori whare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈha.ɾe/
• Hyphenation: ha‧re

Noun

hare

1. house, home
2. 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^[2], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 32

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hari, hæri, from Old Norse *hari, heri, from Proto-Germanic *hasô.

Pronunciation

Noun

hare c

1. hare

Declension

Anagrams

• Hera

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Tetum

Etymology

From *pare, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay. Compare Javanese pari.

Noun

hare

1. rice (unpicked); rice (plant)

Source: wiktionary.org

• a very swift mammal like a large rabbit.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)