hoarseness

English

Etymology

From Middle English hosnesse, from Old English hāsnes; equivalent to hoarse +‎ -ness.

Noun

hoarseness (usually uncountable, plural hoarsenesses)

1. The quality of being hoarse, of having a dry harsh voice.

   Synonym: (medical) dysphonia

   The hoarseness of her voice was caused by years of smoking.

Translations

having dry harsh voice

• Arabic: بُحَاح m (buḥāḥ)
• Catalan: ronquera f, rogall (ca) m
• Czech: chrapot (cs) m
• Finnish: käheys (fi)
• Galician: rouquén f
• German: Heiserkeit (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: βράγχος m (bránkhos), κέρχνος m (kérkhnos)

• Icelandic: hæsi (is) f
• Indonesian: keserakan, keparauan
• Irish: piachán m
• Italian: arrochimento m, raucedine (it) f, rochezza f, rocaggine f
• Latin: rāvis f
• Middle English: hosnesse
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: heshet m or f, håshet m or f

• Old English: hāsnes
• Polish: chrypa (pl) f, chrypka (pl) f
• Portuguese: rouquidão f
• Romanian: răgușeală (ro) f
• Scottish Gaelic: tùchan m
• Spanish: ronquera (es) f, ronquez (es) f
• Swedish: heshet (sv) c