hurrah

English

Alternative forms

• hoorah, hooray, hurra, hurray

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly adopted from German hurra, itself of uncertain origin, or possibly an alteration of huzzah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /həˈɹɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Interjection

hurrah

1. Expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness.

Synonyms

• (expression of approval): see Thesaurus:well done
• (expression of joy): see Thesaurus:yay

Translations

expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness

• Armenian: ուռա (hy) (uṙa)
• Belarusian: ура́ (urá), сла́ва (sláva)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 好哇 (zh) (hǎowā), 萬歲／万岁 (zh) (wànsuì), 万岁 (zh) (wànsuì)

• Czech: hurá (cs)
• Dutch: hoera (nl)
• Esperanto: hura (eo)
• Estonian: hurraa, elagu
• Finnish: hurraa (fi), eläköön (fi)
• French: hourra (fr)
• Georgian: ურა (ura), ვაშა (vaša)
• German: hurra (de)
• Greek: ζήτω (el) (zíto), γιούπι (el) (gioúpi), άλα (el) (ála), όπα (el) (ópa), ώπα (el) (ópa), εύγε (el) (évge), μπράβο (el) (brávo), οπ (el) (op)

  Ancient: (expressing approval) εὖγε (eûge)

• Hindi: जय हो (jay ho)
• Hungarian: hurrá
• Indonesian: hore (id)
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• Italian: urrà, evviva
• Japanese: やった (yatta), 万歳 (ja) (ばんざい, banzai)
• Khmer: ជយោ (km) (cĕəʼyoo)
• Korean: 만세 (ko) (manse) (萬歲 (ko))
• Latin: (expressing happiness) euax, ēvax, iō; (expressing approval) euge
• Malay: hore
• Ngarrindjeri: kay hey
• Persian: هورا (fa) (hurâ)
• Polish: hura (pl)
• Portuguese: urra, oba (pt), eba
• Russian: ура́ (ru) (urá), сла́ва (ru) (sláva)
• Spanish: hurra (es)
• Swedish: hurra (sv)
• Thai: ไชโย (th) (chai-yoo)
• Ukrainian: ура́ (urá), сла́ва (uk) (sláva)
• Vietnamese: hoan hô (vi), vạn tuế (vi) (萬歲)

Noun

hurrah (plural hurrahs)

1. A cheer; a cry of hurrah!.

Derived terms

• the last hurrah

Translations

a cheer; a cry of hurrah

• Finnish: hurraahuuto
• French: hourra (fr) m
• German: Hurra (de) n
• Italian: urrà m, evviva m
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• Ngarrindjeri: kay hey
• Russian: ура́ (ru) n (urá)
• Swedish: hurra (sv) n

Verb

hurrah (third-person singular simple present hurrahs, present participle hurrahing, simple past and past participle hurrahed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To give a hurrah (to somebody).
   • 2007 January 14, Winnie Hu, “Equal Cheers for Boys and Girls Draw Some Boos”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Boys’ basketball boosters say something is missing in the stands at away games, cheerleaders resent not being able to meet their rivals on the road, and even female basketball players being hurrahed are unhappy.