hare
See also: haré and Hare
English
A European hare
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛɚ/, /hɛɹ/, /hɛə/
Audio (US) (file) - 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-.
Cognates
See also West Frisian hazze, Dutch haas, German Hase, Norwegian and Swedish hare, Icelandic heri), Old English hasu, Middle High German heswe (“pale, dull”); also Welsh cannu (“to whiten”), ceinach (“hare”), Latin cānus (“white”), cascus (“old”), Old Prussian sasnis (“hare”), Pashto سوی (soe, “hare”) and Sanskrit शश (śaśa, “hare”).
Noun
hare (plural hares)
- 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.
- The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.
Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun "hare"
- arctic hare (Lepus arcticus)
- Belgian hare
- brown hare (Lepus europaeus)
- European hare (Lepus europaeus)
- hare and hounds
- harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- harebrained
- hare lip
- hold with the hare and run with the hounds
- March hare
- mountain hare (Lepus timidus etc.)
- Patagonian hare (Dolichotis patagonum)
- sea hare (Aplysiamorpha or Anaspidea)
- snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus)
- springhare (Pedetes capensis)
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: hei
Translations
animal
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Verb
hare (third-person singular simple present hares, present participle haring, simple past and past participle hared)
- (intransitive) To move swiftly.
- 2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC:
- But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support.
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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)
- (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.
- 1693, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education.
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
- (regional) Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).
- a hare old man
- (regional) Cold, frosty (of weather).
- a hare day
References
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
Anagrams
- Ahre, Hera, RHAe, Rahe, Rhea, hear, hera, rhea
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch (de) hare.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Pronoun
hare
- hers (that or those of her)
- Sy het my hemp aangehad en ek hare.
- She wore my shirt and I wore hers.
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ha‧re
- IPA(key): /haˈɾe/
Verb
haré
- 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)
- hare
Inflection
Declension of hare
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hare | haren | harer | harerne |
| genitive | hares | harens | harers | harernes |
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/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ha‧re
- Rhymes: -aːrə
Determiner
hare
- 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.
- 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.
- Normally used in conjunction with the definite article de or het depending on the gender of what is being referred to.
- (archaic) inflected form of haar
Derived terms
- Hare Majesteit
Japanese
Romanization
hare
- Rōmaji transcription of はれ
Middle Dutch
Determiner
hāre
- inflection of hāer:
- feminine nominative/accusative singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Middle English
Determiner
hare
- Alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive)
Pronoun
hare
- Alternative form of hire (“hers”)
Pronoun
hare
- Alternative form of hire (“her”, object)
Noun
hare
- Alternative form of her (“hair”)
Determiner
hare
- (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)
- A hare or its meat (lagomorph of the genus Lepus)
- (rare) An individual who is easily scared or frightened.
- (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.
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)
- a hare
References
- “hare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- hårrå (dialectal)
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)
- a mountain hare, Lepus timidus
- a hare, a small animal of the genus Lepus
Synonyms
- jase
Derived terms
- harepest
- harerug
- trollhare
References
- “hare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀳𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
- हरे (Devanagari script)
- হরে (Bengali script)
- හරෙ (Sinhalese script)
- ဟရေ or ႁရေ (Burmese script)
- หเร or หะเร (Thai script)
- ᩉᩁᩮ (Tai Tham script)
- ຫເຣ or ຫະເຣ (Lao script)
- ហរេ (Khmer script)
- 𑄦𑄢𑄬 (Chakma script)
Verb
hare
- optative active singular of harati (“to take away”)
Rapa Nui
Te hare.
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fale. Cognates include Hawaiian hale and Maori whare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈha.ɾe/
- Hyphenation: ha‧re
Noun
hare
- house, home
- family
Derived terms
- hare moa
- hare 'oka
- hare paeŋa
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, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 32
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish hari, hæri, from Old Norse *hari, heri, from Proto-Germanic *hasô.
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Noun
hare c
- hare
Declension
| Declension of hare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | hare | haren | harar | hararna |
| Genitive | hares | harens | harars | hararnas |
Anagrams
- Hera
Tetum
Etymology
From *pare, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay. Compare Javanese pari.
Noun
hare
- rice (unpicked); rice (plant)