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hoarse en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /hoɾs/ (Scotland)
  • /hoːs/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
  • /hɔəs/ (Received-Pronunciation, obsolete)
  • (Early, English, Modern)
  • (General-American)
  • (General-American)
  • /hɔːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • hôs (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /hoəs/ (Eastern-New-England)
  • /hoːs/ Manchester
  • hôrs (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English hors, hos, from Old English hās, *hārs, from Proto-Germanic *haisaz, *haisraz, akin to Old Norse háss (West Norse) and heiss (East Norse) (whence Icelandic hás, Norwegian Nynorsk hås, Norwegian Bokmål hes and Swedish hes).

Meanings

  1. Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.
    • I am old and my voice is hoarse […] 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hoarser Degree=Cmp lexicographic
hoarsest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

hoarseness · horse-hoarse merger · hoarsen · hoarsely · hoarse as a crow

Translations (74)

ga cársánach (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · nv bizhítsoh (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · nn hås (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · sv hes (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · lb hees (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · ar مَبْحُوح (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · el βραχνός (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · es con voz tomada (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · vi khàn (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · bg дрезгав (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · id parau (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · cs ochraptělý (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · pt rouco (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · fi käheä (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · cmn 粗啞 /粗哑 (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · la raucus (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · nb hås (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · es ronco (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · is rámur (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · hu rekedt (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · mrw pa'os (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · cs chraptivý (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · cy cryg (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · da hæs (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · it rauco (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · nl hees (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · nb hes (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · ang hās (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · ga piachánach (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · cs křaplavý (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · cs chraplavý (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · eo raŭka (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · mhr лоргышо (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · pon ngilekir (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · mhr кыжга (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · ca ronc (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · izh kommia (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · sl hripav (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · is hás (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · et kähe (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · nl schor (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · enm hos (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · pl ochrypły (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · ru охри́пший (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · mhr оралге (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · roa-opt rouco (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · ms parau (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · sh hrapav (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · fr enroué (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · tsg pagaw (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · yi הייזעריק (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · gl rouco (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · arz مبحوب (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · msk paos (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · es afónico (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · hy խռպոտ (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · ca rogallós (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · de heiser (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · ro răgușit (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · ru хри́плый (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · nrf râpeux (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · cmn 嘶啞 /嘶哑 (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · it atono (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · nn hes (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · bcl paas (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · gl roufeño (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · bg прегракнал (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · ms garau (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · mi whango (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · he צרוד (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · bg пресипнал (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · uk захри́плий (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · cmn 沙啞 /沙哑 (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice) · mk засипнат (afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice)

hoarse en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /hoɾs/ (Scotland)
  • /hoːs/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
  • /hɔəs/ (Received-Pronunciation, obsolete)
  • (Early, English, Modern)
  • (General-American)
  • (General-American)
  • /hɔːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • hôs (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /hoəs/ (Eastern-New-England)
  • /hoːs/ Manchester
  • hôrs (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English hors, hos, from Old English hās, *hārs, from Proto-Germanic *haisaz, *haisraz, akin to Old Norse háss (West Norse) and heiss (East Norse) (whence Icelandic hás, Norwegian Nynorsk hås, Norwegian Bokmål hes and Swedish hes).

Meanings

  1. (uncommon) To utter hoarsely; to croak.
    • "Helene," he croaked, reaching out his arms—his voice tensed with the infinity of his desire. "Back," she iced. And then, "Why have you come here?" she hoarsed. "What business have you here?" 2022 September 16, Stephen Leacock, Further Foolishness, DigiCat:
    • "[...] Madame! Is—that—your—horse?!" "Ain't no horse!" she hoarses. "Thassa thuruly bred Great Dane!" The thuruly bred Great Dane's balls shine like big , bald onions as he squeezes to deposit 4 1⁄2 pounds of vitamin - enriched apcray near the lamp-post. 1980, Leo Rosten, King Silky!, HarperCollins Children's Books:
    • "See anything, mum?" she hoarsed. “No—I think it's lower down. Go back to bed, Jane. I'm sure there's nothing to worry about. Someone's forgotten something, that's all.” She wanted to get rid of Jane without knowing exactly. 2022 August 1, J. Jefferson Farjeon, Back to Victoria, DigiCat:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hoarsed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hoarsed Tense=Past lexicographic
hoarses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hoarsing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

hoarse en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of horse.
    alt of horse
    • […] we got in to Town after Dark on the 18th I staid in Town Mr. Newnon's hoarse got Lame and him & I swapt'd hoarses and Drank whiskey on the 19th he Started home I staid in Town Expecting some intillegence from Mr.Taylor on the 20th we made a Party and went to the Paths and Run every turkey in […] , quoted in 1934, The North Carolina Historical Review (and also in 1981, Doris Cline Ward, Charles D. Biddix, The Heritage of Old Buncombe County)
    • The 15. 3 mo. 1668 - An act maid in a Towne Meting to provent hoarses and meares from doinge damage, as foloeth. All such hoarses and meares, as comonly kepes about the towne, or in the towne stretes, or comonly doth goe in to the towne neck, […] 1668, act, quoted in 1912, Sandwich and Bourne, Colony and Town Records, page 20

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hoarses Number=Plur lexicographic