hare
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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-.
NounEdit
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 termsEdit
- 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)
DescendantsEdit
- Sranan Tongo: hei
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit
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[1]:
- But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support.
SynonymsEdit
See alsoEdit
- form (hare's home)
- leveret (young hare)
- jackrabbit (type of hare)
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English harren, harien (“to drag by force, ill-treat”), of uncertain origin. Compare harry, harass.
Alternative formsEdit
VerbEdit
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 3Edit
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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AdjectiveEdit
hare
- (regional) Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).
- a hare old man
- (regional) Cold, frosty (of weather).
- a hare day
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AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
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PronounEdit
hare
- hers (that or those of her)
- Sy het my hemp aangehad en ek hare.
- She wore my shirt and I wore hers.
Bikol CentralEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
haré
- Misspelling of hari.
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse hari, heri (“hare”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hare c (singular definite haren, plural indefinite harer)
InflectionEdit
See alsoEdit
- hare on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch hare. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
hare
- non-attributive form of haar (English: hers)
- (archaic) inflected form of haar
Derived termsEdit
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
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Middle DutchEdit
DeterminerEdit
hāre
- inflection of hāer:
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
DeterminerEdit
hare
- Alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive)
PronounEdit
hare
- Alternative form of hire (“hers”)
Etymology 2Edit
PronounEdit
hare
- Alternative form of hire (“her”, object)
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
hare
- Alternative form of her (“hair”)
Etymology 4Edit
DeterminerEdit
hare
Etymology 5Edit
From Old English hara; some forms have the vowel of Old Norse heri.
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NounEdit
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.
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “hāre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-26.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse *heri, from Proto-Germanic *háswa-. Compare with German Hase, Swedish hare.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hare m (definite singular haren, indefinite plural harer, definite plural harene)
- a hare
ReferencesEdit
- “hare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- hårrå (dialectal)
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse *heri, from Proto-Germanic *háswa-. Akin to English hare.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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
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ReferencesEdit
- “hare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PaliEdit
Alternative formsEdit
VerbEdit
hare
Rapa NuiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *fale. Cognates include Hawaiian hale and Maori whare.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hare
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 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[2], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 32
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish hari, hæri, from Old Norse *hari, heri, from Proto-Germanic *hasô.
PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
hare c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of hare | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hare | haren | harar | hararna |
Genitive | hares | harens | harars | hararnas |
AnagramsEdit
TetumEdit
EtymologyEdit
From *pare, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay. Compare Javanese pari.
NounEdit
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