"hoar" meaning in English

See hoar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /hɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ho(ː)ɹ/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /hoə/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Audio: en-ca-whore.ogg
enPR: hô (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), hôr (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), hōr (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English hor, hore, from Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”). Cognate with German hehr (“noble, sublime”), Herr (“sir, gentleman”), Scottish Gaelic ciar (“dusky”), and Russian се́рый (séryj, “grey”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ḱeh₃-}} [Template:root], {{inh|en|enm|hor}} Middle English hor, {{m|enm|hore}} hore, {{inh|en|ang|hār||hoar, hoary, grey, old}} Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hairaz||grey}} Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)ḱeh₃-||grey, dark}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”), {{cog|de|hehr||noble, sublime}} German hehr (“noble, sublime”), {{m|de|Herr||sir, gentleman}} Herr (“sir, gentleman”), {{cog|gd|ciar||dusky}} Scottish Gaelic ciar (“dusky”), {{cog|ru|се́рый||grey}} Russian се́рый (séryj, “grey”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} hoar (not comparable)
  1. Of a white or greyish-white colour. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Greys
    Sense id: en-hoar-en-adj-SRB1D182 Disambiguation of Greys: 15 25 12 4 14 22 8
  2. (poetic) Hoarily bearded. Tags: not-comparable, poetic Categories (topical): Greys
    Sense id: en-hoar-en-adj-fPQKbBGc Disambiguation of Greys: 15 25 12 4 14 22 8 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 24 21 3 9 26 10
  3. (obsolete) Musty; mouldy; stale. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Categories (topical): Greys
    Sense id: en-hoar-en-adj-N5emEASK Disambiguation of Greys: 15 25 12 4 14 22 8 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 24 21 3 9 26 10
  4. (archaic) Figuratively, grey-haired with age. Tags: archaic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-hoar-en-adj-pFy~Yavu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Hoar Cross, hoarfrost, hoar frost, hoary, hoared Related terms: haar, horehound

Noun

IPA: /hɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ho(ː)ɹ/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /hoə/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Audio: en-ca-whore.ogg
enPR: hô (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), hôr (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), hōr (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English hor, hore, from Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”). Cognate with German hehr (“noble, sublime”), Herr (“sir, gentleman”), Scottish Gaelic ciar (“dusky”), and Russian се́рый (séryj, “grey”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ḱeh₃-}} [Template:root], {{inh|en|enm|hor}} Middle English hor, {{m|enm|hore}} hore, {{inh|en|ang|hār||hoar, hoary, grey, old}} Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hairaz||grey}} Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)ḱeh₃-||grey, dark}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”), {{cog|de|hehr||noble, sublime}} German hehr (“noble, sublime”), {{m|de|Herr||sir, gentleman}} Herr (“sir, gentleman”), {{cog|gd|ciar||dusky}} Scottish Gaelic ciar (“dusky”), {{cog|ru|се́рый||grey}} Russian се́рый (séryj, “grey”) Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} hoar
  1. A white or greyish-white colour. Categories (topical): Greys Translations (colour): сивобял (sivobjal) (Bulgarian), (páng) [literally] (Chinese Mandarin), blanc-gris (French), branco gelo (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-hoar-en-noun-Jc4RTF5q Disambiguation of Greys: 15 25 12 4 14 22 8 Disambiguation of 'colour': 100 0
  2. Hoariness; antiquity. Categories (topical): Greys Synonyms (hoariness): agedness
    Sense id: en-hoar-en-noun-kuXiDo0E Disambiguation of Greys: 15 25 12 4 14 22 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 24 21 3 9 26 10 Disambiguation of 'hoariness': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ancientness, oldhood, oldness

Verb

IPA: /hɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ho(ː)ɹ/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /hoə/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Audio: en-ca-whore.ogg Forms: hoars [present, singular, third-person], hoaring [participle, present], hoared [participle, past], hoared [past]
enPR: hô (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), hôr (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), hōr (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English hor, hore, from Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”). Cognate with German hehr (“noble, sublime”), Herr (“sir, gentleman”), Scottish Gaelic ciar (“dusky”), and Russian се́рый (séryj, “grey”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ḱeh₃-}} [Template:root], {{inh|en|enm|hor}} Middle English hor, {{m|enm|hore}} hore, {{inh|en|ang|hār||hoar, hoary, grey, old}} Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hairaz||grey}} Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)ḱeh₃-||grey, dark}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”), {{cog|de|hehr||noble, sublime}} German hehr (“noble, sublime”), {{m|de|Herr||sir, gentleman}} Herr (“sir, gentleman”), {{cog|gd|ciar||dusky}} Scottish Gaelic ciar (“dusky”), {{cog|ru|се́рый||grey}} Russian се́рый (séryj, “grey”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} hoar (third-person singular simple present hoars, present participle hoaring, simple past and past participle hoared)
  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To become mouldy or musty. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-hoar-en-verb-If1B~NHV

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hoar meaning in English (13.0kB)

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hairaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "grey"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)ḱeh₃-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "grey, dark"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "hehr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "noble, sublime"
      },
      "expansion": "German hehr (“noble, sublime”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Herr",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sir, gentleman"
      },
      "expansion": "Herr (“sir, gentleman”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "ciar",
        "3": "",
        "4": "dusky"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic ciar (“dusky”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "се́рый",
        "3": "",
        "4": "grey"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian се́рый (séryj, “grey”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English hor, hore, from Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”). Cognate with German hehr (“noble, sublime”), Herr (“sir, gentleman”), Scottish Gaelic ciar (“dusky”), and Russian се́рый (séryj, “grey”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hoars",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoaring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoared",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoared",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hoar (third-person singular simple present hoars, present participle hoaring, simple past and past participle hoared)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become mouldy or musty."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mouldy",
          "mouldy"
        ],
        [
          "musty",
          "musty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, intransitive) To become mouldy or musty."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔː/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ho(ː)ɹ/",
      "note": "rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hoə/",
      "note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "whore"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-ca-whore.ogg",
      "audio-ipa": "/hoɹ/",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ed/En-ca-whore.ogg/En-ca-whore.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/En-ca-whore.ogg"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hô",
      "note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hôr",
      "note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hōr",
      "note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "hoar (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "hoar"
}

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