hairy

English

Etymology

From Middle English hery, heeri, hary, equivalent to hair +‎ -y. Compare Saterland Frisian hierich (“hairy”), West Frisian hierrich (“hairy”), Dutch harig (“hairy”), German Low German harig (“hairy”), German haarig (“hairy”), Swedish hårig (“hairy”), Icelandic hárugur (“hairy”). Compare also Old English hǣriht (“hairy”) and ġehǣre (“hairy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛəɹi/

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• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi

Adjective

hairy (comparative hairier, superlative hairiest)

1. Of a person, having a lot of hair on the body.

   a hairy man

2. Of an animal, having a lot of fur.

   hairy mammoth

3. Of a body part other than the head, having hair growing from it.

   She is a great admirer of hairy chests.

4. (informal) Difficult, complex, intricate, or intimidating.

   It’s a hairy problem, and will probably take several weeks to sort out.

Synonyms

• (person): furry, hirsute
• (animal): furry
• (body part): furry, hirsute

Antonyms

• bald
• hairless

Derived terms

• hairily
• hairiness

Translations

of a person

• Arabic: مشعر‎‎
• Armenian: մազոտ (hy) (mazot)
• Aromanian: piros
• Belarusian: валаса́ты m (valasáty)
• Bulgarian: космат (bg) (kosmat)
• Catalan: pelut, pilós
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毛茸茸的 (zh) (máoróngrōng de), 多毛的 (zh) (duōmáo de), 長毛的 (zh), 长毛的 (zh) (zhǎngmáo de)

• Danish: håret, behåret
• Dutch: harig (nl), behaard (nl)
• Estonian: karvane (et)
• Finnish: karvainen (fi)
• French: poilu (fr) m, poilue (fr) f
• Friulian: pelôs
• German: behaart (de), haarig (de)
• Hebrew: שעיר‎‎ (he)
• Hungarian: szőrös (hu)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} clúmhach
• Italian: peloso (it) m, pelosa (it) f
• Japanese: 毛深い (けぶかい, kebukai), 毛むくじゃらの (kemukujara no)

• Latin: pilusus m, pilosa f, pilosus m
• Latvian: matains, spalvains
• Maltese: muswaf
• Maori: pūhuruhuru, tuahuru
• Norman: pouailu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: behåret, behåra, håret, hårete

• Occitan: pelut (oc)
• Old English: rūh
• Persian: پرمو‎‎ (fa) (pormu)
• Portuguese: peludo m, peluda f
• Romanian: păros (ro)
• Russian: волоса́тый (ru) (volosátyj)
• Sardinian: pilosu, pirosu
• Spanish: peludo (es), velludo (es)
• Swedish: hårig (sv)
• Turkish: kıllı (tr)
• Ukrainian: волоса́тий m (volosátyj)
• Yiddish: האָריק‎‎ (horik)

of an animal

• Armenian: թավամազ (hy) (tʿavamaz)
• Bulgarian: космат (bg) (kosmat)
• Danish: lodden
• Dutch: harig (nl)
• Estonian: karvane (et)
• Finnish: karvainen (fi)
• German: pelzartig
• Hungarian: szőrös (hu)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} clúmhach

• Latin: pilosus m, pilosa f
• Latvian: spalvains
• Portuguese: peludo m, peluda f
• Russian: мохна́тый (ru) (moxnátyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: molach
• Spanish: peludo (es), velludo (es)
• Swedish: hårig (sv)
• Turkish: kürklü (tr), postlu (tr)

of a body part other than the head

• Arabic: مُشَعَّر‎‎ m (mušaʿʿar)
• Danish: håret, behåret
• Dutch: harig (nl), behaard (nl)
• Estonian: karvane (et)
• Finnish: karvainen (fi)
• French: poilu (fr) m, poilue (fr) f
• German: behaart (de), haarig (de)
• Hebrew: שעיר‎‎ (he)
• Hungarian: szőrös (hu)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} clúmhach
• Italian: peloso (it) m, pelosa (it) f

• Latin: pilosus m, pilosa f
• Latvian: spalvains, matains
• Norman: pouailu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: behåret, behåra, håret, hårete

• Portuguese: peludo m, peluda f
• Russian: волоса́тый (ru) (volosátyj)
• Spanish: peludo (es), velludo (es)
• Swedish: hårig (sv)
• Turkish: kıllı (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Isthmus Zapotec: ^{(please verify)} naraxi

• Yucatec Maya: ^{(please verify)} tso'otsil

See also

• dasypygal

Anagrams

• Yahir