hare

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English[edit]

A European hare
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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English hare, from Old English hara (hare), from Proto-West Germanic *hasō ~ *haʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *hasô, from *haswaz (grey), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂s-én-.

Noun[edit]

hare (plural hares)

  1. Any of several plant-eating animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
  2. The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from the noun "hare"
Descendants[edit]
  • Sranan Tongo: hei
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Verb[edit]

hare (third-person singular simple present hares, present participle haring, simple past and past participle hared)

  1. (intransitive) To move swiftly.
    • 2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC[1]:
      But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support.
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English harren, harien (to drag by force, ill-treat), of uncertain origin. Compare harry, harass.

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Verb[edit]

hare (third-person singular simple present hares, present participle haring, simple past and past participle hared)

  1. (obsolete) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
    • 1693, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education:
      To hare and rate them thus at every turn, is not to teach them, but to vex, and torment them to no purpoſe.

Etymology 3[edit]

From Middle English hore, from Old English hār (hoar, hoary, grey, old), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (grey). Cognate with German hehr (noble, sublime).

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Adjective[edit]

hare

  1. (regional) Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).
    a hare old man
  2. (regional) Cold, frosty (of weather).
    a hare day

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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch (de) hare.

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Pronoun[edit]

hare

  1. hers (that or those of her)
    Sy het my hemp aangehad en ek hare.
    She wore my shirt and I wore hers.

Bikol Central[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ha‧re
  • IPA(key): /haˈɾe/

Verb[edit]

haré

  1. Misspelling of hari.

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse hari, heri (hare).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /haːrə/, [ˈhɑːɑ]

Noun[edit]

hare c (singular definite haren, plural indefinite harer)

  1. hare

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch hare. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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Determiner[edit]

hare

  1. non-attributive form of haar (English: hers)
    Normally used in conjunction with the definite article de or het depending on the gender of what is being referred to.
    Die auto is de hare.That car is hers.
    Dat huis is het hare.That house is hers.
    Dat is de/het hare.That is hers.
  2. (archaic) inflected form of haar

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Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

hare

  1. Rōmaji transcription of はれ

Middle Dutch[edit]

Determiner[edit]

hāre

  1. inflection of hāer:
    1. feminine nominative/accusative singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Determiner[edit]

hare

  1. Alternative form of hire (her, genitive)

Pronoun[edit]

hare

  1. Alternative form of hire (hers)

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

hare

  1. Alternative form of hire (her, object)

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

hare

  1. Alternative form of her (hair)

Etymology 4[edit]

Determiner[edit]

hare

  1. (chiefly West Midland and Kent) Alternative form of here (their)

Etymology 5[edit]

From Old English hara; some forms have the vowel of Old Norse heri.

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Noun[edit]

hare (plural hares)

  1. A hare or its meat (lagomorph of the genus Lepus)
  2. (rare) An individual who is easily scared or frightened.
  3. (rare) A hare's skin or hide.
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse *heri, from Proto-Germanic *háswa-. Compare with German Hase, Swedish hare.

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Noun[edit]

hare m (definite singular haren, indefinite plural harer, definite plural harene)

  1. a hare

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse *heri, from Proto-Germanic *háswa-. Akin to English hare.

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Noun[edit]

hare m (definite singular haren, indefinite plural harar, definite plural harane)

  1. a mountain hare, Lepus timidus
  2. a hare, a small animal of the genus Lepus

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Pali[edit]

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Verb[edit]

hare

  1. optative active singular of harati (to take away)

Rapa Nui[edit]

Te hare.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *fale. Cognates include Hawaiian hale and Maori whare.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈha.ɾe/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧re

Noun[edit]

hare

  1. house, home
  2. family

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References[edit]

  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 16
  • “hare”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui[2], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 32

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish hari, hæri, from Old Norse *hari, heri, from Proto-Germanic *hasô.

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Noun[edit]

hare c

  1. hare

Declension[edit]

Declension of hare 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hare haren harar hararna
Genitive hares harens harars hararnas

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Tetum[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *pare, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay. Compare Javanese pari.

Noun[edit]

hare

  1. rice (unpicked); rice (plant)