harvest

English

Alternative forms

• harvist, hervest, harst, hairst (all obsolete or dialectal)

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English harvest, hervest, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English hærfest (“autumn, harvest-time; August”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *harbistaz (“harvest-time, autumn, fall”), from *harbaz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kerp-. Cognate with Sylt Hārefst, West Frisian hjerst, Dutch herfst, German Herbst, Low German Harvst, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høst, Norwegian Nynorsk haust; further with Latin carpere 'to seize', Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”), κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑɹ.vəst/, /ˈhɑɹ.vɪst/

• Audio (US)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːvɪst/, /ˈhɑːvəst/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːvəst/

Noun

harvest (plural harvests)

1. (UK dialectal) The third season of the year; autumn; fall.

   Harvest is usually very damp and rainy.

2. The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.
3. The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
4. The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.

   This year's cotton harvest was great but the corn harvest was disastrous.

   • 1911, Jack London, The Whale Tooth

     The frizzle-headed man-eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the harvest of human carcases was plentiful. Sometimes, when the harvest was too plentiful, they imposed on the missionaries by letting the word slip out that on such a day there would be a killing and a barbecue.

   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     To glean the broken ears after the man / That the main harvest reaps.

5. (by extension) The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences.
   • (Can we date this quote by Fuller and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.

   • (Can we date this quote by Wordsworth and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     the harvest of a quiet eye

6. (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict‎^[1]:

     Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.

Synonyms

• (season of the year): autumn, fall
• (agricultural or horticultural yield): crop

Translations

autumn, fall — see autumn

season of gathering the ripened crop

• Bulgarian: жътва f (žǎtva)
• Czech: sklizeň f, žně f pl
• Dutch: oogsttijd (nl) c
• Egyptian: (šmw)
• Finnish: sadonkorjuuaika
• Galician: seitura f, sega f, colleita f
• Greek: θέρος (el) m (théros)
• Hebrew: אָסִיף (he) m ('asíf)
• Italian: stagione della mietitura
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• Maori: kotinga
• Polish: żniwa (pl) n pl
• Russian: страда́ (ru) f (stradá)
• Serbo-Croatian: žetva (sh) f
• Swedish: skördetid c
• Ukrainian: жнива́ n pl (žnyvá), жни́во n (žnývo)
• Vietnamese: mùa gặt (vi)

process of gathering the ripened crop

• Afrikaans: oes (af)
• Arabic: حِصَاد m (ḥiṣād)
• Armenian: հունձ (hy) (hunj)
• Belarusian: жніво́ n (žnivó), жні́ва f (žníva)
• Bulgarian: жътва f (žǎtva)
• Catalan: collita f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 收穫／收获 (zh) (shōuhuò), 收获 (zh) (shōuhuò)

• Czech: sklizeň f, žeň (cs) f
• Dutch: oogst (nl) m
• Egyptian: (šmw)
• Esperanto: rikolto (eo)
• Finnish: sadonkorjuu (fi)
• French: récolte (fr) f
• Galician: seitura f, sega f, colleita f
• German: Ernte (de) f
• Greek: συγκομιδή (el) f (sygkomidí), θερισμός (el) m (therismós), τρύγος (el) m (trýgos)
• Hebrew: קְצִירָה f (k'tsirá), אָסִיף (he) m ('asíf), קָצִיר (he) m (katsír)
• Irish: fómhar m
• Italian: mietitura (it) f, messe (it) f
• Japanese: 収穫 (ja) (しゅうかく, shūkaku)
• Korean: 수확 (ko) (suhwak)
• Latin: messis
• Latvian: raža f
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• Low German: Årnt, Årn, Orn, Aust
• Luxembourgish: Rekolt f
• Maori: kotinga, hauhakenga
• North Frisian: Bāricht f, Fung (Sylt)
• Persian: برداشت (fa) (bardāšt)
• Polish: żniwa (pl) pl
• Portuguese: colheita (pt) f
• Romanian: recoltă (ro) f, cules (ro), rod (ro), strânsură (ro) f, seceriș (ro)
• Russian: жа́тва (ru) f (žátva), страда́ (ru) f (stradá), убо́рка (ru) f (ubórka) (урожа́я), сбор (ru) m (sbor) (урожа́я)
• Serbo-Croatian: žetva (sh) f, жетва f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: žni pl

• Spanish: cosecha (es) f
• Swedish: skörd (sv) c
• Tamil: அறுவடை (ta) (aṟuvaṭai)
• Thai: เก็บเกี่ยว (th) (gèp-gìao)
• Turkish: hasat (tr)
• Ukrainian: жнива́ n pl (žnyvá), жаття́ n (žattjá)
• Vietnamese: gặt (vi), thu hoạch (vi)
• Volapük: klop (vo), klopam (vo)
• Welsh: cynheaf m
• Zazaki: basağ n

yield of harvesting

• Armenian: բերք (hy) (berkʻ)
• Basque: uzta
• Belarusian: ураджа́й m (uradžáj)
• Bulgarian: реколта (bg) f (rekolta)
• Cebuano: abot, ani, dugnas, guno, kayas, kutsitsa, lagpi, panglin, sanggi, tuba
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 收穫／收获 (zh) (shōuhuò), 收获 (zh) (shōuhuò)

• Czech: sklizeň f, žeň (cs) f, úroda f
• Dutch: oogst (nl) m
• Esperanto: rikoltaĵo (eo)
• Finnish: sato (fi)
• French: récolte (fr) f, moisson (fr) f
• Galician: colleita f
• German: Ernte (de) f
• Greek: συγκομιδή (el) f (sygkomidí), σοδειά (el) f (sodeiá)
• Hebrew: קָצִיר (he) m (katsír), אָסִיף (he) m
• Indonesian: panen (id) f
• Interlingue:
• Irish: fómhar m
• Italian: raccolto (it) m
• Japanese: 収穫 (ja) (しゅうかく, shūkaku)
• Korean: 수확 (ko) (suhwak)
• Latgalian: nūauga f
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• Latin: messis f, reditus m
• Latvian: raža f
• Norwegian: høsting m
• Persian: برداشت (fa) (bardāšt)
• Polish: żniwa (pl) pl, żniwo (pl) n, plon (pl) m, urodzaj (pl) m
• Portuguese: colheita (pt) f
• Romanian: recoltă (ro) f, cules (ro), rod (ro), strânsură (ro) f
• Russian: урожа́й (ru) m (urožáj), жа́тва (ru) f (žátva)
• Santali: ᱚᱵᱚᱫ (ôbôt’)
• Serbo-Croatian: žetva (sh) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: žni pl

• Spanish: cosecha (es) f
• Swedish: skörd (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: hasıla (tr), rekolte (tr)
• Ukrainian: урожа́й m (urožáj)
• Vietnamese: mùa màng (vi)
• Volapük: klopot, (barley) hodiklopot, (potato) pötetiklopot, (grain) greniklopot
• Yiddish: גערעט m (geret), שניט m (shnit)
• Zazaki: meğel n

product or result of any exertion

• Czech: úroda f
• Dutch: oogst (nl) m, gewin (nl) n, opbrengst (nl)
• Finnish: sato (fi), tuotos (fi)
• Greek: καρπός (el) m (karpós)
• Italian: frutto (it), guadagno (it) m
• Norwegian: avling m
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• Persian: دستاورد (fa) (dastāvard), محصول (fa) (mahsul)
• Polish: żniwo (pl) n, plon (pl) m
• Portuguese: colheita (pt) f, messe (pt) f
• Russian: урожа́й (ru) m (urožáj)
• Tagalog: ani (tl)

pagan ceremony

• Czech: dožínky (cs) f pl
• Dutch: oogstfeest (nl) n
• Finnish: sadonkorjuujuhla (fi)
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• Italian: festa del raccolto
• Swedish: skördefest c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• German: (2) ^{(please verify)} Frucht (de) f, (2) ^{(please verify)} Ausbeute (de) f
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• Old English: ^{(please verify)} hærfest m

Verb

harvest (third-person singular simple present harvests, present participle harvesting, simple past and past participle harvested)

1. (transitive) To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
2. (intransitive) To be occupied bringing in a harvest

   Harvesting is a stressing, thirsty occupation

3. (transitive) To win, achieve a gain.

   The rising star harvested well-deserved acclaim, even an Oscar under 21

Translations

to bring in a harvest; reap

• Arabic: حَصَدَ (ḥaṣada)
• Armenian: բերքը հավաքել (berkʻə havakʻel), հնձել (hy) (hnjel)
• Bulgarian: жъна (bg) (žǎna), прибирам реколта (pribiram rekolta)
• Burmese: ရိတ်သိမ်း (my) (ritsim:)
• Catalan: collir (ca), segar (ca)
• Cebuano: ani, dugnas, guno, kayas, lagpi, panglin, sanggi, tuba
• Ch'orti': ch'amoh
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 收穫／收获 (zh) (shōuhuò), 收获 (zh) (shōuhuò)

• Czech: sklízet
• Dutch: oogsten (nl), binnenhalen (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: korjata (fi)
• French: récolter (fr), moissonner (fr), recueillir (fr)
• Galician: colleitar, segar
• Georgian: მოსავლის აღება (mosavlis aɣeba), მომკა (momḳa)
• German: ernten (de)
• Greek: θερίζω (el) (therízo), τρυγώ (el) (trygó)

  Ancient: θερίζω (therízō)

• Hebrew: קָצַר (he) (katsár)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: arat (hu), szüretel (hu)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: raccogliere (it), mietere (it), falciare (it)
• Japanese: 収穫する (ja) (しゅうかくする, shūkaku suru)
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• Klallam: q̕əpə́ŋ̕
• Korean: 수확하다 (suhwakhada), 거두다 (ko) (geoduda)
• Latin: metō, dēmetō
• Norman: r'colter
• Norwegian: høste (no)
• O'odham: od
• Persian: درودن (fa) (drudan)
• Polish: zbierać (pl)
• Portuguese: colher (pt), segar (pt)
• Quechua: aymuray, kallchay, tipiy, pallay
• Romanian: recolta (ro), secera (ro), strânge (ro), culege (ro)
• Russian: собира́ть урожа́й impf (sobirátʹ urožáj), убира́ть урожа́й impf (ubirátʹ urožáj)
• Scottish Gaelic: buain
• Serbo-Croatian: žeti (sh) impf
• Spanish: cosechar (es)
• Swedish: skörda (sv)
• Telugu: పంట (te) (paṇṭa), దిగుబడి (te) (digubaḍi)
• Thai: เกี่ยว (th) (gìao)
• Turkish: hasat yapmak
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Volapük: klopön (vo)
• Yiddish: קײַבן (kaybn), שנײַדן (shnaydn)
• Yucatec Maya: uhš

to be occupied bringing in a harvest

• Bulgarian: жъна (bg) (žǎna)
• Dutch: oogsten (nl)
• Finnish: korjata (fi)
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• Greek: θερίζω (el) (therízo), τρυγώ (el) (trygó)
• Polish: żniwować impf
• Portuguese: colher (pt)

to win, achieve a gain

• Cebuano: ani
• Dutch: behalen (nl), oogsten (nl), winnen (nl)
• Finnish: korjata (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: αποκομίζω (el) (apokomízo)
• Portuguese: colher (pt)

Derived terms

• harvestable
• harvestability
• harvester
• harvest bug
• harvest fish
• harvest fly
• harvest home
• harvest louse
• harvestly
• harvestman
• harvest mite
• harvest moon
• harvest mouse
• harvest queen
• harvest spider
• harvest time

Anagrams

• thraves