hug

See also: húg

English

Etymology

From earlier Middle English hugge (“to embrace”) (1560), probably representing a conflation of huck (“to crouch, huddle down”) and Old Norse hugga (“to comfort, console”), from hugr (“courage”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind, sense”), cognate with Icelandic hugga (“to comfort”), Old English hyge (“thought, mind, heart, disposition, intention, courage, pride”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hŭg, IPA^(key): /hʌɡ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Noun

hug (plural hugs)

1. An affectionate close embrace.
2. A particular grip in wrestling.

Translations

affectionate embrace

• Albanian: përqafimi i dashur
• Arabic: اِحْتِضَان‎ m (iḥtiḍān), حَضْن‎ m (ḥaḍn)
• Armenian: գրկում (hy) (grkum)
• Basque: besarkada
• Belarusian: абды́мкі pl (abdýmki), абды́мак m (abdýmak)
• Bulgarian: прегръ̀дка (bg) f (pregrǎ̀dka)
• Catalan: abraçada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 擁抱 (zh), 拥抱 (zh) (yōngbào), 摟抱 (zh), 搂抱 (zh) (lǒubào), (formal) 偎抱 (wēibào)

• Corsican: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: objetí (cs) n
• Danish: kram, omfavnelse, knus (da)
• Dutch: knuffel (nl), knuffelen (nl)
• Esperanto: brakumo, ĉirkaŭbrako, ĉirkaŭpreno
• Estonian: kalli, kallistus
• Faroese: klemm n
• Finnish: hali (fi), halaus (fi)
• French: étreinte (fr) f, câlin (fr) m, accolade (fr)
• Georgian: ჩახუტება (čaxuṭeba)
• German: Umarmung (de) f
• Greek: αγκαλιά (el) n (agkaliá), αγκάλιασμα (el) n (agkáliasma)
• Hebrew: חיבוק \ חִבּוּק‎ (he) m (khibúk)
• Hindi: आलिंगन (hi) (āliṅgan)
• Hungarian: ölelés (hu)
• Icelandic: knús (is) n, faðmlag (is) n
• Ido: embraco (io)
• Irish: cuach f
• Italian: abbraccio (it) m
• Japanese: 抱擁 (ja) (ほうよう, hōyō), ハグ (hagu)
• Khmer: ការអោបរឹត (kaa aop riit), អាលិង្គន (km) (aalɨŋkʊən)
• Korean: 안아 (ana), 포옹 (ko) (poong) (抱擁 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: hemêz (ku)

  Sorani: باوه‌ش‎ (baweş)

  Southern Kurdish: باوِش‎ (bawiş)

• Latin: complexus (la) m
• Latvian: apkampiens m
• Lithuanian: apkabinimas
• Luxembourgish: Ëmaarmung f
• Macedonian: прегрнување n (pregrnuvanje), прегратка f (pregratka), гушка f (guška)
• Malay: pelukan
• Norwegian: klem (no) m
• Old English: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: بغل‎ (fa) (bağal), بغل گیری‎
• Polish: przytulenie (pl) n, obejmowanie (pl) n, objęcie (pl) n
• Portuguese: abraço (pt) m
• Romanian: îmbrățișare (ro) f
• Russian: объя́тие (ru) n (obʺjátije), обнима́ние (ru) n (obnimánije)
• Sardinian: abbratzada f
• Scottish Gaelic: ioma-ghlacadh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: загрљај m

  Roman: zagrljaj (sh) m

• Sicilian: abbrazzu (scn)
• Slovak: objatie n
• Slovene: objèm (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: łono n

• Spanish: abrazo (es) m
• Swedish: kram (sv) c
• Tagalog: yakap
• Thai: กอด (th) (gɔ̀ɔt)
• Turkish: sarılma (tr)
• Ukrainian: об'я́ття n (obʺjáttja), обі́йми pl (obíjmy), обійма́ння n (obijmánnja)
• Vietnamese: cái ôm
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: cofleidiad m
• Yiddish: אַרומנעם‎ m (arumnem)

Verb

hug (third-person singular simple present hugs, present participle hugging, simple past and past participle hugged)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To crouch; huddle as with cold.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Palsgrave to this entry?)

2. (intransitive) To cling closely together.
3. (transitive) To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.

   Billy hugged Danny until he felt better.

4. (transitive) To stay close to (the shore etc.)
   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 8, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.

5. (transitive, figuratively) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
   • Glanvill

     We hug deformities if they bear our names.

Synonyms

• (crouch): hunker, squat, stoop
• (cling closely): cleave, stick; see also Thesaurus:adhere
• (embrace): accoll (obsolete), coll, embrace
• (stay close to):
• (hold fast): treasure

Translations

cling closely together

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 擁抱 (zh), 拥抱 (zh) (yōngbào)

• Finnish: painautua yhteen
• German: sich umarmen (de)
• Greek: αγκαλιάζω (el) (agkaliázo)
• Italian: abbracciare (it)
• Japanese: 抱擁する (ja) (ほうようする, hōyō suru), 抱く (ja) (いだく, idaku)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: باوه‌ش گرتن‎ (baweş girtin)

• Luxembourgish: sech ëmaarmen
• Maori: tauawhi
• Russian: обнима́ться (ru) impf (obnimátʹsja), обня́ться (ru) pf (obnjátʹsja)
• Sardinian: abbratzare
• Slovene: objéti (sl)
• Spanish: abrazar (es)
• Swedish: kramas (sv)

embrace

• Arabic: عَانَقَ‎ (ʿānaqa), اِحْتَضَنَ‎ (iḥtaḍana), حَضَنَ‎ (ḥaḍana)
• Armenian: գրկել (hy) (grkel)
• Aromanian: ambratsu
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: абдыма́ць impf (abdymácʹ), абня́ць pf (abnjácʹ)
• Bulgarian: прегръ̀щам (bg) impf (pregrǎ̀štam), прегъ̀рна pf (pregǎ̀rna)
• Burmese: ဖက် (my) (hpak)
• Catalan: abraçar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 擁抱 (zh), 拥抱 (zh) (yōngbào), 摟抱 (zh), 搂抱 (zh) (lǒubào), (formal) 偎抱 (wēibào), 摟摟, 搂搂 (lǒulou), 抱抱 (zh) (bàobao)

• Czech: objímat impf, obejmout (cs) pf
• Danish: omfavne, kramme (da), knuse (da)
• Dutch: knuffelen (nl)
• Esperanto: brakumi
• Estonian: embama
• Faroese: klemma, kroysta
• Finnish: halata (fi)
• French: étreindre (fr), serrer (fr), embrasser (fr)
• Georgian: მოიცავს (moicavs)
• German: umarmen (de), drücken (de)
• Greek: αγκαλιάζω (el) (agkaliázo)
• Hebrew: חיבק \ חִבֵּק‎ (khibék)
• Hindi: आलिंगन करना (āliṅgan karnā)
• Hungarian: ölel (hu)
• Icelandic: faðma (is), knúsa
• Ido: embracar (io)
• Indonesian: memeluk (id), mendekap (id)
• Irish: cuach
• Italian: abbracciare (it)
• Japanese: 抱擁する (ja) (ほうようする, hōyō suru), 抱く (ja) (いだく, idaku), だく (ja) (daku), ハグする (hagu suru)
• Khmer: អោបរឹត (aop riit)
• Korean: 포옹하다 (poonghada)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: باوه‌ش گرتن‎ (baweş girtin)

• Lao: ກອດ (kǭt)

• Latin: amplector, complector (la)
• Latvian: apkampt
• Lithuanian: apkabinti
• Luxembourgish: ëmäerbelen, ëmäermelen, ëmaarmen
• Macedonian: обгрнува (óbgrnuva), загрлува (zágrluva)
• Maltese: għannaq, ħaddan
• Maori: kēkeke, awhi
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Northern Sami: fátmut, sallut
• Norwegian: klemme (no), omfavne (no)
• Old English: clyppan, ymbclyppan
• Persian: بغل کردن‎ (bağal kardan)
• Pitjantjatjara: ampuṉi
• Polish: przytulać (pl) impf, przytulić (pl) pf, tulić (pl) impf, obejmować (pl) impf, objąć (pl) pf
• Portuguese: abraçar (pt)
• Romanian: îmbrățișa (ro)
• Russian: обнима́ть (ru) impf (obnimátʹ), обня́ть (ru) pf (obnjátʹ)
• Sardinian: abbratzare
• Scottish Gaelic: ioma-ghlac
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: грлити impf, загрлити pf

  Roman: grliti (sh) impf, zagrliti (sh) pf

• Shor: қучақтарға (quçaqtarğa)
• Slovak: objímať impf, objať pf
• Slovene: objemati impf, objéti (sl) pf
• Spanish: abrazar (es)
• Swedish: krama (sv), omfamna (sv)
• Tajik: оғӯш кардан (oġüš kardan)
• Thai: กอด (th) (gɔ̀ɔt)
• Turkish: sarılmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: обійма́ти impf (obijmáty), обійня́ти pf (obijnjáty), обніма́ти impf (obnimáty), обня́ти pf (obnjáty)
• Uzbek: quchoqlamoq (uz), quchmoq (uz)
• Vietnamese: ôm (vi)
• Yiddish: האַלדזן‎ (haldzn), אַרומנעמען‎ (arumnemen)

sail close to a shoreline

• Bulgarian: каботирам (kabotiram)
• Finnish: pysyä lähellä, pysyä lähettyvillä
• French: aller (fr) terre à terre (fr)

• Galician: bordear (gl), costear (gl)
• Italian: tenersi vicino
• Maori: haumiri, miri

Derived terms

• body-hugging
• figure-hugging
• hug oneself

See also

• cuddle
• huggle
• kiss
• snuggle
• squeeze

Anagrams

• Ghu, ghu, ugh

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hǫgg, verbal noun to hǫggva (“to hew”), via the verb hugge.

Noun

hug n (singular definite hugget, plural indefinite hug)

1. stroke
2. slash
3. cut

Inflection

Declension of hug

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hug	hugget	hug	huggene
genitive	hugs	huggets	hugs	huggenes

Etymology 2

Noun

hug (only one form)

1. squat

Verb

hug

1. imperative of hugge

References

• “hug” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “hug,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Faroese

Noun

hug m

1. Indefinite accusative singular of hugur
2. thought, sense, spirit
3. desire, interest

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Manx

Preposition

hug

1. to

Inflection

	Singular				Plural
Person	1st	2nd	3rd m.	3rd f.	1st	2nd	3rd
Normal	hym	hood	huggey	huic	hooin	hiu	huc
Emphatic	hyms	hoods	huggeysyn	huicish	hooinyn	hiuish	hucsyn

Verb

hug

1. past tense of toyr

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hugr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʉːɡ/

Noun

hug m (definite singular hugen, indefinite plural hugar, definite plural hugane)

1. mind
2. wish, desire
   • 1971, Olav H. Hauge, "T'ao Ch'ien":

     Meir enn fyrr har han hug å draga seg attende til ein slik hageflekk.

     More than before, he has a desire to retreat to such a small garden.

Derived terms

• samhug

References

• “hug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.