hoarse
English
Etymology
From Middle English hors, hos, from Old English hās, *hārs, from Proto-Germanic *haisaz, *haisraz, akin to Old Norse háss (West Norse) and heiss (East Norse) (whence Icelandic hás, Norwegian Nynorsk hås, Norwegian Bokmål hes and Swedish hes).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: hōrs, IPA(key): /hɔɹs/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /hɔːs/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "rhotic" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ho(ː)ɹs/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "nonrhotic" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /hoəs/
Audio (US): (file) - Homophone: horse (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s
Adjective
hoarse (comparative hoarser, superlative hoarsest)
- Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.
- 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
- I am old and my voice is hoarse […]
Derived terms
Translations
afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice
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