haire
See also: Haire, häire, and Häire
English
Noun
haire (countable and uncountable, plural haires)
- Obsolete spelling of hair
French
Etymology
From Middle French haire, from Old French haire, from Frankish *hārijā, related to English hair.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɛʁ/
Audio (file) - Homophones: air, aire, airent, aires, airs, ère, ères, erre, errent, erres, ers, haires, hère, hères
Noun
haire f (plural haires)
- hairshirt
Derived terms
- hairement
Further reading
- “haire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Irish
Noun
haire
- h-prothesized form of aire
Middle English
Noun
haire
- Alternative form of her (“hair”)