hoarse

English

Etymology

From Middle English hors or hos, from Old Norse hás (whence the Icelandic hás), akin to Old English hās.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hōrs, IPA: /hɔəs/, /hoʊɹs/, X-SAMPA: /hO@s/, /hoUr\s/

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• Homophone: horse (in most dialects)
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)s

Adjective

hoarse (comparative hoarser, superlative hoarsest)

1. Afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice.
   • 1945, George Orwell, Animal Farm, chapter 1

     I am old and my voice is hoarse […]

Translations

afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice

• Arabic: مبحوح (ar) (mabHuuH)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嗄 (cmn) (shà)

• Czech: chraptivý (cs) m
• Dutch: schor (nl)
• Esperanto: raŭka (eo)
• Estonian: kähe (et)
• Finnish: käheä (1)
• French: rauque (fr)
• German: heiser (de)
• Hungarian: rekedt (hu)
• Icelandic: hás (is); rámur (is)

• Italian: rauco (it)
• Jèrriais: râpeux
• Maori: whango (mi)
• Norwegian: hes (no)
• Polish: ochrypły m
• Portuguese: rouco (pt) m, rouca (pt) f
• Romanian: răgușit (ro) m and n
• Russian: хриплый (ru) (xríplyj), охрипший (ru) (oxrípshij)
• Slovene: hripav
• Spanish: ronco (es), afónico (es)

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