"horsehair" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: horsehairs [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English hors her, horshere, hors-here, hors heer (also hors-hore), equivalent to horse + hair. Compare Old Norse hross-hár (“horsehair”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hors her}} Middle English hors her, {{m|enm|horshere}} horshere, {{m|enm|hors-here}} hors-here, {{m|enm|hors heer}} hors heer, {{m|enm|hors-hore}} hors-hore, {{af|en|horse|hair}} horse + hair, {{cog|non|hross-hár|t=horsehair}} Old Norse hross-hár (“horsehair”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} horsehair (countable and uncountable, plural horsehairs)
  1. The hair of a horse, especially from the mane and tail, used for upholstery. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hair Translations (hair of a horse, from its mane or tail): конски косъм (konski kosǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 馬毛 (Chinese Mandarin), 马毛 (mǎmáo) (Chinese Mandarin), žíně [feminine] (Czech), jouhi (Finnish), crin [masculine] (French), Rosshaar [neuter] (German), lószőr (Hungarian), jouhi (Ingrian), crine [masculine] (Italian), 馬毛 (umage) (alt: うまげ) (Japanese), Päerdshoer [neuter] (Luxembourgish), ко́њско вла́кно (kónjsko vlákno) [neuter] (Macedonian), hors her (Middle English), końskie włosie [neuter] (Polish), ко́нский во́лос (kónskij vólos) [masculine] (Russian), tagel [neuter] (Swedish), yele (Turkish), at yelesi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-horsehair-en-noun-uH-mxLlv Disambiguation of Hair: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'hair of a horse, from its mane or tail': 82 18
  2. A fabric made from this. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fabrics, Fibers Synonyms: haircloth
    Sense id: en-horsehair-en-noun-XTvOMkLM Disambiguation of Fabrics: 17 83 Disambiguation of Fibers: 23 77 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: horsehair shirt, horsehair worm, horsehairy

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "konski kosǎm",
      "sense": "hair of a horse, from its mane or tail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "конски косъм"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "hair of a horse, from its mane or tail",
      "word": "馬毛"
    },
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      "roman": "mǎmáo",
      "sense": "hair of a horse, from its mane or tail",
      "word": "马毛"
    },
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      "sense": "hair of a horse, from its mane or tail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hair of a horse, from its mane or tail",
      "word": "jouhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hair of a horse, from its mane or tail",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hair of a horse, from its mane or tail",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hair of a horse, from its mane or tail",
      "word": "lószőr"
    },
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      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "hair of a horse, from its mane or tail",
      "word": "jouhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hair of a horse, from its mane or tail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crine"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うまげ",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "umage",
      "sense": "hair of a horse, from its mane or tail",
      "word": "馬毛"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "hair of a horse, from its mane or tail",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Päerdshoer"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kónjsko vlákno",
      "sense": "hair of a horse, from its mane or tail",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ко́њско вла́кно"
    },
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      "sense": "hair of a horse, from its mane or tail",
      "word": "hors her"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hair of a horse, from its mane or tail",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kónskij vólos",
      "sense": "hair of a horse, from its mane or tail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ко́нский во́лос"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hair of a horse, from its mane or tail",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tagel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hair of a horse, from its mane or tail",
      "word": "yele"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hair of a horse, from its mane or tail",
      "word": "at yelesi"
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  ],
  "word": "horsehair"
}

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