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Definitions and meaning of hare

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)

2. (countable) Any of several plant-eating animals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
3. (uncountable) The meat from this animal.
4. (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)

1. (intransitive) To move swiftly.

Synonyms

• rabbit
• 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.

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

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch (de) hare.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hare

1. hers (that or those of her)

Albanian

Alternative forms

• garé — Calabria

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Greek χαρά (chará, “joy”).

Noun

haré f (definite haréja)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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

1. (archaic) inflection of haar:
   1. nominative/accusative feminine singular attributive
   2. nominative/accusative plural attributive
2. (Southern) masculine singular attributive of haar

Derived terms

• Hare Majesteit

Japanese

Romanization

hare

1. Rōmaji transcription of はれ

Middle Dutch

Determiner

hāre

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

2. A hare or its meat (lagomorph of the genus Lepus)
3. (rare) Someone who is easily scared or frightened.
4. (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 2018-06-26.

Etymology 2

Determiner

hare

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

Pronoun

hare

1. alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 3

Pronoun

hare

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

Etymology 4

Noun

hare

1. alternative form of her (“hair”)

Etymology 5

Determiner

hare

1. (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)

1. 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)

1. a mountain hare (Lepus timidus)
2. 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

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

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^[3], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 32

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English hare, from Old English hara.

Noun

hare (plural hares)

1. a hare, Lepus sp.
2. (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

1. hare

Declension

Derived terms

• harmynt (“harelipped”)
• hartass

Phrase

hare

1. (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

1. rice (unpicked); rice (plant)

Source: wiktionary.org