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hare

See also: haré and Hare

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Etymology 1 edit

 
A European hare
 
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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 edit

hare (countable and uncountable, plural hares)

  1. (countable) 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. (uncountable) The meat from this animal.
  3. (countable) The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.
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Terms derived from the noun "hare"
Descendants edit
  • Sranan Tongo: hei
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Verb edit

hare (third-person singular simple present hares, present participle haring, simple past and past participle hared)

  1. (intransitive) To move swiftly.
    • 2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC‎[1]:
      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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Etymology 2 edit

From Middle English harren, harien (“to drag by force, ill-treat”), of uncertain origin. Compare harry, harass.

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Verb edit

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 edit

From Middle English hore, from Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”). Cognate with German hehr (“noble, sublime”).

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hare

  1. (regional) Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).
    a hare old man
  2. (regional) Cold, frosty (of weather).
    a hare day

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Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch (de) hare.

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Pronoun edit

hare

  1. hers (that or those of her)
    Sy het my hemp aangehad en ek hare.
    She wore my shirt and I wore hers.

Albanian edit

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Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

haré f (definite haréja)

  1. joy
    Synonym: gëzim
    • 1873, Girolamo de Rada, Canti di Milosao, canto 1, page 14, lines 12–14:
      Cuur te dritta δeu me ɔpii / u sbuλúa je deiti / si garea cὺ deλ pyr siiɔ, […]
      [Kur, te drita, dheu me shpi / u zbulua je dejti / si garea që del për sysh]
      When, at dawn, the earth and the house / were uncovered, and the sea, / as joy that comes out of eyes, […]

Further reading edit

  • “hare”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2] (in Albanian), 1980

Bikol Central edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ha‧re
  • IPA(key): /haˈɾe/, [haˈɾe]

Verb edit

haré

  1. Misspelling of hari.

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse hari, heri (“hare”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /haːrə/, [ˈhɑːɑ]

Noun edit

hare c (singular definite haren, plural indefinite harer)

  1. hare

Inflection edit

Declension of hare
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hare haren harer harerne
genitive hares harens harers harernes

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Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch hare. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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Determiner edit

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.
    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.
  2. (archaic) inflected form of haar

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Romanization edit

hare

  1. Rōmaji transcription of はれ

Middle Dutch edit

Determiner edit

hāre

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

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old English hara; some forms have the vowel of Old Norse heri.

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Noun edit

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.
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Etymology 2 edit

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hare

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

Pronoun edit

hare

  1. Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 3 edit

Pronoun edit

hare

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

Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

hare

  1. Alternative form of her (“hair”)

Etymology 5 edit

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hare

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

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Old Norse heri, from Proto-Germanic *háswa-. Compare with German Hase, Swedish hare.

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Noun edit

hare m (definite singular haren, indefinite plural harer, definite plural harene)

  1. a hare

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Norse heri, from Proto-Germanic *hasô. Akin to English hare.

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Noun edit

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

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Verb edit

hare

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

Rapa Nui edit

 
Te hare.

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

hare

  1. house, home
  2. family

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References edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English hare, from Old English hara.

Noun edit

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
    • 1937, Mary MacLeod Banks, British Calendar of Customs: Scotland, page 82:
      When the ‘hare’ was cut the unmarried reapers ran with all speed home
      When the last sheaf was harvested, the unmarried reapers ran home as quickly as possible

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

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

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Noun edit

hare c

  1. hare

Declension edit

Declension of hare 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hare haren harar hararna
Genitive hares harens harars hararnas

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Phrase edit

hare

  1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of "ha det" (in ha det or more generally).

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Tetum edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

hare

  1. rice (unpicked); rice (plant)
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