havre

See also: Havre and hâvre

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hafri, from Proto-Germanic *habrô, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish havre, English haver (dialect), German Hafer (from Low German), Dutch haver. Derived from the noun *hafraz (“he-goat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /havrə/, [ˈhɑwʁɐ]

Noun

havre c (singular definite havren, not used in plural form)

1. (botany) oats (Avena sativa)

Inflection

Declension of havre

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	havre	havren
genitive	havres	havrens

Derived terms

• havregryn
• havregrød
• havremælk

References

• “havre” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Etymology

Via Middle French from Middle Dutch havene, from Old Dutch *havana, from Proto-West Germanic *habanu or more probably from Old Danish *hafn (Danish havn), from Old Norse hǫfn (“haven”), from Proto-Germanic *habnō.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /avʁ/, /ɑvʁ/
• Rhymes: -avʁ
• Homophones: havrent, havres

Noun

havre m (plural havres)

1. (archaic or dialectal) harbour (UK, Ireland, and the Commonwealth) / harbor (US)
2. haven

Derived terms

• havre de paix
• Le Havre
• Le Hable

Descendants

• → Spanish: abra
  • → English: abra

Further reading

• “havre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hafri.

Noun

havre m (definite singular havren, uncountable)

1. oats, Avena sativa

References

• “havre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “havre” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hafri.

Noun

havre m (definite singular havren, uncountable)

1. oats, Avena sativa

References

• “havre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hafri, from Proto-Germanic *habrô, from Proto-Indo-European *kapro-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²hɑːvrɛ/

Noun

havre c

1. oats

Declension

Declension of havre
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	havre	havren	—	—
Genitive	havres	havrens	—	—

Derived terms

• havremjöl (“oatmeal”)
• havregryn (“oatmeal”)

References

• havre in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• haver