hoarse
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English hors or hos, from Old Norse háss (whence the Icelandic hás), from Proto-Germanic *haisaz, akin to Old English hās.
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) enPR: hōrs, IPA(key): /hɔɹs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɔːs/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ho(ː)ɹs/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /hoəs/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: horse (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s
AdjectiveEdit
hoarse (comparative hoarser, superlative hoarsest)
- Afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice.
- 1945 August 17, George Orwell, chapter 1, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
- I am old and my voice is hoarse […]
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice
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