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Definitions and meaning of hors

hors

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish hors, Old Norse hross n, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą, cognate with English horse, German Ross n.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈhɒːs]

Noun

hors n (singular definite horset, plural indefinite hors)

1. (archaic, poetic, dialect) horse, mare
   • 1906 Johs. V. Jensen, Digte, 20

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hors, from Old Dutch hors, from Proto-West Germanic *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą. Doublet of ros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔrs/
• Hyphenation: hors
• Rhymes: -ɔrs

Noun

hors n (plural horsen, diminutive horsje n)

1. (rare, dialectal, now mostly found in names) horse
   • 1558, Gaathije Pietersz, "Inventaris, gemaeckt den IV^en Januarii anno XV^C acht ende vijftich", in Anne Hallema, "Nogmaals een drietal inventarissen van Franeker burgers en boeren kort na 1550", Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap, Vol. 49, 1928, 286.

     Een coopbrief ende quitantie, gepasseert by Fopke Wopkezn. ende Hessel Thomaszn., als mombers tot Jacob Pieterszoons weesen, aen Jan Jacobszn. ende Anne Jans dochter, vanden huijsinge te Syaerda, mit hecken, heckpalen, van noch vijftien koeijen, twee rieren, een os, twee horsen ende andere dieren, alles gecoft ende betaelt voer vier hundert ende anderhalf gouden guldens, sijnde in date den XXI^en Novembris anno 1549;

   • 2009, Henk Gras, ‘Een stad waar men zich koninklijk kan vervelen?’ De modernisering van de theatrale vermakelijkheden buiten de schouwburg in Rotterdam, circa 1770-1860, Uitgeverij Verloren, 218, quoting Scaramouche, Scaramouche en zijne Vrienden op de Rotterdamsche Kermis, 1815, 15 & 16.

Synonyms

• paard
• ros

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hors, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“run”).

Noun

hors n (genitive singular hors, plural hors)

1. (poetic) a horse
2. (archaic) a fool

Declension

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French fors, from Old French fors, from Latin forīs, or more likely derived from dehors (in Middle and Old French defors).

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɔʁ/
• Homophones: or, ore, ores, ors

Preposition

hors

1. (obsolete except in set phrases) outside

   hors la ville ― outside the city

Usage notes

• Mostly displaced by hors de and en dehors de.

Derived terms

Related terms

• dehors

Further reading

• “hors”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Gothic

Romanization

hōrs

1. romanization of 𐌷𐍉𐍂𐍃

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hors, from Proto-West Germanic *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“run”).

Alternative forms

• horse, horsse, horce, ors

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔrs/

Noun

hors (plural hors or horsen or horses)

1. a horse (especially male and fully-grown)
2. (rare) A horseman; a mounted soldier.
3. (rare) A means of transport (like a horse)

Related terms

Descendants

• English: horse; hoss (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: horse, hors

References

• “hors, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-19.

Etymology 2

Adjective

hors

1. alternative form of hos

Norman

Etymology

From Old French fors, hors, from Latin foris, or back-derived from dehors, from Late Latin dē forīs.

Adverb

hors

1. (Guernsey, Jersey) out

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hors, metathesis of hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą. Akin to English horse.

Noun

hors n (definite singular horset, indefinite plural hors, definite plural horsa)

1. a mare
2. a female foal

   Synonym: fylje

3. (derogatory) a frivolous woman

Derived terms

• horse

References

• “hors” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xors/, [horˠs]

Noun

hors n

1. horse

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Synonyms

• blanca
• eoh (poetic)
• mearh
• stott (inferior quality horse)
• wiċġ (poetic)

Hyponyms

• colt (“colt”)
• fola (“foal”)
• henġest (“stallion”)
• mīere (“mare”)
• stōd (“stud”)

Derived terms

• horscamb (“horsecomb”)
• horshierde (“groom”)
• horselene (“elecampane”)
• horshwæl (“walrus”)
• horsminte (“horsemint”)

Descendants

• Middle English: hors, horse, horsse, horce, ors
  • English: horse; hoss (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: horse, hors

Old French

Etymology

Derived from dehors, defors. See fors.

Adverb

hors

1. (rare or Late Old French) from; out (of)

Synonyms

• fors

Descendants

• French: hors
• Norman: hors

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• hars, hers, ros

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hursą, *hrussą.

Noun

hors n

1. horse

Inflection

Descendants

• North Frisian: hors
• ⇒ Saterland Frisian: rosje, rösje (“to groom (a horse)”, verb)
• West Frisian: hoars; rosje (“to groom (a horse)”, verb)

Old Norse

Noun

hors n

1. alternative form of hross

Declension

Declension

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hors”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English horse.

Noun

hors m (Cyrillic spelling хорс)

1. (slang) heroin

Declension

Swedish

Noun

hors

1. indefinite genitive singular of hor

Source: wiktionary.org