husky

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhʌs.ki/
• Rhymes: -ʌski

Etymology 1

husk +‎ -y; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk".

Adjective

husky (comparative huskier, superlative huskiest)

1. (of a voice) hoarse and rough-sounding
2. burly, thick; fat, overweight
   • 1965, Popular Mechanics, September issue, page 22

     Word got around quickly that this plane, which has been flying since January, is bigger and huskier than our proposed C-5A […]

3. Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)

Derived terms

• huskily

Translations

hoarse and rough-sounding

• Catalan: ronc (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙啞 (cmn), 沙哑 (cmn) (shāyǎ), 嘶啞 (cmn), 嘶哑 (cmn) (sīyǎ)

• Finnish: käheä (fi)
• French: rauque (fr), enroué (fr)
• German: heiser (de)
• Icelandic: rámur (is)

• Japanese: しゃがれた (ja) (shakareta)
• Jèrriais: enroué
• Russian: хриплый (ru) (xríplyj), сиплый (ru) (síplyj), охрипший (ru) (oxrípšij), осиплый (ru) (osíplyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: hrapav (sh), mukao (sh)
• Swedish: hes (sv)

burly, thick; fat, overweight

• Finnish: vankka (fi)
• Russian: дородный (ru) (doródnyj) m

• Serbo-Croatian: potkožen (sh)

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• French: enroué
• Ido: rauka

• Italian: corpulento, robusto
• Spanish: fornido, robusto

Etymology 2

Shortening of husky dog, where husky is ultimately from the same Old Montagnais root as Eskimo.

Noun

Two Alaskan huskies in harness

husky (plural huskies)

1. Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs

Alternative forms

• huskie

Synonyms

• polar dog

Related terms

• Eskimo

Translations

Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs

• French: husky (fr) m
• German: Husky (de) m
• Greek: χάσκυ (el) (kháski)
• Japanese: ハスキー犬 (hasukī-ken)

• Malay: huski (ms)
• Russian: эскимосская лайка f
• Serbo-Croatian: haski (sh)
• Welsh: hysgi (cy) m

See also

• Husky on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Husky on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons