husky

See also: Husky

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʌs.ki/
• Rhymes: -ʌski

Etymology 1

From husk +‎ -y; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk".

Adjective

husky (comparative huskier, superlative huskiest)

1. (of a voice) Hoarse and rough-sounding.
2. (US) Burly, stout.
   • (Can we date this quote by Hamlin Garland and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     You look like a good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard […]

   • 1965, Popular Mechanics, September issue, page 22

     Word got around quickly that this plane, which has been flying since January, is bigger and huskier than our proposed C-5A […]

   • (Can we date this quote?), Train Simulator Video Game tutorial, page 14

     There's no yard power available for assignment today, so you'll be working with a husky GE ES44AC. […]

3. Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
   • (Can we date this quote by John Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Some swains have sown before: but most have found
     A husky harvest from the grudging ground.

Derived terms

• huskily
• huskiness

Translations

hoarse and rough-sounding

• Bulgarian: дрезгав (bg) (drezgav), прегракнал (bg) (pregraknal)
• Catalan: ronc (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙啞／沙哑 (zh) (shāyǎ), 沙哑 (zh) (shāyǎ), 嘶啞／嘶哑 (zh) (sīyǎ), 嘶哑 (zh) (sīyǎ)

• Finnish: käheä (fi)
• French: rauque (fr), enroué (fr)
• Galician: rouco
• German: heiser (de)
• Greek: βραχνός (el) (vrachnós)
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• Icelandic: rámur
• Japanese: しゃがれた (shakareta)
• Norman: enroué
• Russian: хри́плый (ru) (xríplyj), си́плый (ru) (síplyj), охри́пший (ru) (oxrípšij), оси́плый (ru) (osíplyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: hrapav (sh), mukao (sh)
• Spanish: ronco (es), rauco m, aguardentoso (es) m, aguardientoso m (Mexico), afónico (es) m
• Swedish: hes (sv)

burly, thick; fat, overweight

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: vankka (fi)
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• German: stämmig (de), pummelig (de)
• Russian: доро́дный (ru) (doródnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: potkožen (sh)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} enroué (fr)
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} rauka (io)
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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} corpulento (it), ^{(please verify)} robusto (it)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} fornido (es), ^{(please verify)} robusto (es)

Etymology 2

Shortening of husky dog, where husky is ultimately from the same Old (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Montagnais root as Eskimo.

Noun

Two Alaskan huskies in harness

husky (plural huskies)

1. Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs.

Alternative forms

• huskie

Synonyms

• polar dog

Related terms

• Husky (“an Eskimo person; an Eskimo language”) (dated)
• Eskimo

Translations

Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs

• Bulgarian: хъски n (hǎski)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈士奇 (hāshìqí)

• Esperanto: ĥaskio
• Finnish: husky
• French: husky (fr) m
• German: Husky m, Polarhund (de) m
• Greek: χάσκυ (chásky)
• Japanese: ハスキー犬 (hasukī-ken)
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• Malay: huski
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: husky (no) m

  Nynorsk: husky m

• Portuguese: husky (pt) m or f
• Russian: эскимо́сская ла́йка f (eskimósskaja lájka), ха́ски (ru) f (xáski)
• Serbo-Croatian: haski
• Welsh: hysgi m

See also

• husky on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Template:commonslite

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Czech

Etymology 1

Noun

husky

1. husky (breed of dog)

Etymology 2

Noun

husky

1. (informal) diminutive of husy

Declension

See huska

Synonyms

• husy
• husičky

Related terms

• husa
• huska
• husička

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English husky

Noun

husky m (definite singular huskyen, indefinite plural huskyer, definite plural huskyene)

1. a husky (breed of dog)

References

• “husky” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English husky

Noun

husky m (definite singular huskyen, indefinite plural huskyar, definite plural huskyane)

1. a husky (breed of dog)

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Spanish

Noun

husky m (plural huskys)

1. husky (dogs)