hooray

English

Alternative forms

• hurray, hurrah, huzzah

Etymology

First attested in the late 17th C. Unknown

possible sources

alteration of huzzah. This is however questionable. Another plausible etymology is from Turkic war cry урра (urra), which means encircle or surround in Tatar, made its way to Slavic languages as ура (urá) in 12-13 century, and later to the Germanic languages: hurra in German, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian and húrra in Icelandic.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

Interjection

hooray

1. Used to express approval, joy or victory.

Translations

elated expression of approval

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 好哇 (cmn) (hǎowā), 萬歲 (cmn), 万岁 (cmn) (wànsuì)

• Czech: hurá (cs)
• Dutch: hoera (nl)
• Esperanto: hura (eo)
• Finnish: hurraa (fi)
• French: hourra !
• German: hurra!
• Hebrew: !הידד (heidad)
• Icelandic: húrra!
• Irish: abú (ga)
• Italian: urrà (it)

• Japanese: やった (ja) (yatta), 万歳 (ja) (ばんざい, banzai)
• Korean: 만세 (ko) (manse) (萬歲 (ko))
• Latin: euge (la) n
• Norwegian: hurra (no)
• Polish: hura (pl)
• Russian: ура (ru) (urá), слава (ru) (sláva)
• Spanish: ¡hurra!, ¡viva!
• Swedish: hurra (sv)
• Turkish: hurra (tr)
• Ukrainian: ура (uk) (urá), слава (uk) (sláva)
• Vietnamese: hoan hô (vi), vạn tuế (vi) (萬歲 (vi))

Derived terms

• hip hip hooray
• hip hip hurrah

Noun

hooray (plural hoorays)

1. A shout to signify victory.
2. An expression of excitement.

Translations

a shout to signify victory

• German: Hurra (de) n
• Norwegian: hurra (no) n

• Swedish: hurrarop

an expression of excitement

• German: Hurra (de) n
• Norwegian: hurra (no) n

• Swedish: hurra, hurrarop

Verb

hooray (third-person singular simple present hoorays, present participle hooraying, simple past and past participle hoorayed)

1. To shout an expression of excitement.

Translations

to shout an expression of excitement

• German: Hurra rufen
• Norwegian: rope hurra (no)

• Swedish: hurra (sv)

Synonyms

• hurrah

Anagrams

• yarooh