hare
English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation)
- IPA(key): /hɛə/, /hɛː/
- (General American)
- IPA(key): /hɛɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: hair
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)
- 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.
- The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.
Derived terms[edit]
- Arctic hare
- arctic hare (Lepus arcticus)
- Belgian hare
- brown hare (Lepus europaeus)
- chief hare
- desert hare
- European hare (Lepus europaeus)
- first catch your hare
- hare and hounds
- harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
- hare-brained
- harebrained
- hare-hearted
- hare kangaroo
- hare lip
- hare moon
- hare scramble
- hare-skin
- hare-wallaby
- hold with the hare and run with the hounds
- jack-hare
- mad as a March hare
- Manchurian hare
- March hare
- mountain hare (Lepus timidus etc.)
- Patagonian hare (Dolichotis patagonum)
- run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- scrub hare
- sea hare (Aplysiamorpha or Anaspidea)
- snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus)
- springhare (Pedetes capensis)
- start a fresh hare
- start a hare
- start a hare running
- varying hare
- whistling hare
- you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
Descendants[edit]
- Sranan Tongo: hei
Translations[edit]
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Verb[edit]
hare (third-person singular simple present hares, present participle haring, simple past and past participle hared)
- (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.
Synonyms[edit]
See also[edit]
- form (hare's home)
- leveret (young hare)
- jackrabbit (type of hare)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English harren, harien (“to drag by force, ill-treat”), of uncertain origin. Compare harry, harass.
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
hare (third-person singular simple present hares, present participle haring, simple past and past participle hared)
- (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”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
hare
- (regional) Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).
- a hare old man
- (regional) Cold, frosty (of weather).
- a hare day
References[edit]
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Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Pronoun[edit]
hare
- 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]
Verb[edit]
haré
- Misspelling of hari.
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse hari, heri (“hare”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hare c (singular definite haren, plural indefinite harer)
Inflection[edit]
See also[edit]
hare on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch hare. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation[edit]
Determiner[edit]
hare
- non-attributive form of haar (English: hers)
- (archaic) inflected form of haar
Derived terms[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
hare
Middle Dutch[edit]
Determiner[edit]
hāre
- inflection of hāer:
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Determiner[edit]
hare
- Alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive)
Pronoun[edit]
hare
- Alternative form of hire (“hers”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
hare
- Alternative form of hire (“her”, object)
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
hare
- Alternative form of her (“hair”)
Etymology 4[edit]
Determiner[edit]
hare
Etymology 5[edit]
From Old English hara; some forms have the vowel of Old Norse heri.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hare (plural hares)
- A hare or its meat (lagomorph of the genus Lepus)
- (rare) An individual who is easily scared or frightened.
- (rare) A hare's skin or hide.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “hāre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-26.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse *heri, from Proto-Germanic *háswa-. Compare with German Hase, Swedish hare.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hare m (definite singular haren, indefinite plural harer, definite plural harene)
- a hare
References[edit]
- “hare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- hårrå (dialectal)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse *heri, from Proto-Germanic *háswa-. Akin to English hare.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hare m (definite singular haren, indefinite plural harar, definite plural harane)
- a mountain hare, Lepus timidus
- a hare, a small animal of the genus Lepus
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “hare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
hare
Rapa Nui[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *fale. Cognates include Hawaiian hale and Maori whare.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hare
Derived terms[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
audio (file)
Noun[edit]
hare c
Declension[edit]
Declension of hare | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hare | haren | harar | hararna |
Genitive | hares | harens | harars | hararnas |
Derived terms[edit]
- harmynt (“harelipped”)
References[edit]
- hare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- hare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- hare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams[edit]
Tetum[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *pare, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay. Compare Javanese pari.
Noun[edit]
hare
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- enm:Hides
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