# hare
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /hɛə/, /hɛː/
* (General American) IPA: /hɛɚ/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /heː/
* (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA: /heə/
* (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA: /hiə/
* (Scotland) IPA: /heɹ/
* (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA: /hɜː(ɹ)/
* Homophones: hair; here (cheer–chair merger); her (fair–fur merger)

### Etymology 1

From Middle English hare, from Old English hara (“hare”), from Proto-West Germanic *hasō ~ *haʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *hasô, from *haswaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂s-én-.
See also West Frisian hazze, Dutch haas, German Hase, Norwegian and Swedish hare, Icelandic heri), Old English hasu, Middle High German heswe (“pale, dull”); also Welsh cannu (“to whiten”), ceinach (“hare”), Latin cānus (“white”), cascus (“old”), Old Prussian sasnis (“hare”), Pashto سوی (soe, “hare”) and Sanskrit शश (śaśa, “hare”).

#### Noun

hare (countable and uncountable, plural hare or hares)
* (countable) Any of several plant-eating animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
* (uncountable) The meat from this animal.
** 1958, Andre Norton, The Time Traders, Cleveland, Oh., New York, N.Y.: The World Publishing Company, →LCCN, page 79:Ashe bit absent-mindedly into a piece of hare and swore mildly when he burned his tongue.
** 2007, Jamie Oliver, Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life, London: Michael Joseph, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 273:Hare is another delicious meat – it’s more ‘steaky’, darker and richer than rabbit.
** 2013, Anna Del Conte, Gastronomy of Italy, London: Pavilion, →ISBN, page 109:In Milan, jugged hare is flavoured with grated chocolate, which adds colour and depth to the sauce.
* (countable) The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.

##### Derived terms

* Arctic hare
* arctic hare (Lepus arcticus)
* Belgian hare
* brown hare (Lepus europaeus)
* chief hare
* desert hare
* European hare (Lepus europaeus)
* first catch your hare
* hare and hounds
* harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
* hare-brained
* harebrained
* hare-hearted
* hare kangaroo
* hare lip
* hare moon
* hare scramble
* hare-skin
* hare-wallaby
* hold with the hare and run with the hounds
* jack-hare
* mad as a March hare
* Manchurian hare
* March hare
* mountain hare (Lepus timidus etc.)
* Patagonian hare (Dolichotis patagonum)
* red rock hare
* run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
* scrub hare
* sea hare (Aplysiamorpha or Anaspidea)
* snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus)
* springhare (Pedetes capensis)
* start a fresh hare
* start a hare
* start a hare running
* varying hare
* whistling hare
* you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

##### Descendants

* Sranan Tongo: hei

##### Translations

Abkhaz: ажьа (aža)
Afrikaans: haas (af)
Ainu: エペッケ (epetke)
Albanian: lepur (sq) m
Amis: kudiwis
Arabic: قُوَاع m (quwāʕ), أَرْنَب بَرِّيَّة f (ʔarnab barriyya), أَرْنَب f (ʔarnab)
Egyptian Arabic: ارنب m (arnab)
Armenian: նապաստակ (hy) (napastak)
Aromanian: ljepure (roa-rup) m
Assamese: শহা (xoha), শহাপহু (xohapohu)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܪܢܒ݂ܵܐ m (arnḇā), ܐܲܪܢܲܒ݂ܬܵܐ f (arnaḇtā)
Asturian: llebre (ast) f
Avar: гӏанкӏ (ʻankʼ)
Azerbaijani: dovşan (az)
Bashkir: ҡуян (quyan)
Basque: erbi (eu)
Bavarian: Hås
Belarusian: за́яц m (zájac)
Bengali: খরগোশ (bn) (khorgōś)
Bhojpuri: खरगोश (kharᵊgōś)
Breton: gad (br) f
Bulgarian: за́ек (bg) m (záek)
Burmese: ယုန် (my) (yun) (rabbit or hare)
Buryat: туулай (tuulaj)
Catalan: llebre (ca) f
Chechen: пхьагал (pḥʳagal)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 野兔 (je$^5$ tou$^3$)
Dungan: етўзы (i͡ətwzɨ), тўзы (twzɨ), тўр (twr)
Mandarin: 野兔 (zh) (yětù), 兔子 (zh) (tùzi)
Chuvash: мулкач (mulk̬ač), куян (kujan)
Cornish: skovarnek m
Czech: zajíc (cs) m, zaječice f
Dalmatian: lipro m
Danish: hare (da) c
Dutch: haas (nl) m
Elfdalian: eri m
Egyptian: (wn), (sẖꜥt)
Erzya: нумоло (numolo)
Esperanto: leporo (eo)
Estonian: jänes (et)
Even: мунрукан (munrukan)
Evenki: муннукан (munnukan)
Ewe: fɔmizi n
Faroese: hara
Finnish: jänis (fi)
French: lièvre (fr) m, hase (fr) f
Friulian: jeur m, gneur
Galician: lebre (gl) f, matacán m
Georgian: კურდღელი (ka) (ḳurdɣeli)
German: Hase (de) m
Greek: λαγός (el) m (lagós)
Ancient: λαγώς m (lagṓs), λαγός m (lagós), λαγωός m (lagōós), δασύπους m (dasúpous)
Greenlandic: ukaleq
Hausa: zomo (ha)
Hebrew: אַרְנָב (he) m (arnáv), אַרְנֶבֶת (he) f (arnévet)
Hindi: ख़रगोश m (xargoś), खरगोश (hi) m (khargoś), खरहा (hi) m (kharhā)
Hungarian: vadnyúl (hu) (literally “wild hare”), nyúlféle (literally “Leporidae”), nyúl (hu) (literally “hare and/or rabbit”), mezei nyúl (literally “European hare”), kinigli (literally “cony”)
Icelandic: héri (is) m
Ido: leporo (io)
Indonesian: terwelu (id), tegalan
Ingrian: jänis
Irish: giorria m
Italian: lepre (it) f
Japanese: 野兎 (ja) (のうさぎ, nousagi), 野ウサギ (のウサギ, nousagi), 兎 (ja) (うさぎ, usagi), ウサギ (ja) (usagi)
Kalmyk: туула (tuula)
Karachay-Balkar: къоян (qoyan)
Kashmiri: please add this translation if you can
Kashubian: zajc m
Kazakh: қоян (qoän)
Khakas: хозан (xozan)
Khitan: 𘬦𘰎𘯺 (*? lí a)
Khmer: ទន្សាយស្លឹក (tŭənsaay slək)
Komi-Yazva: нимөл (ńimål)
Korean: 산토끼 (ko) (santokki), 토끼 (ko) (tokki)
Kumyk: къоян (qoyan), тавшан (tawşan)
Kyrgyz: коён (ky) (koyon)
Ladin: liever m
Lao: ກະຕ່າຍ (lo) (ka tāi)
Latgalian: začs m
Latin: lepus (la) m
Latvian: zaķis m
Lithuanian: kiškis (lt) m, zuikis m (dialectal)
Luxembourgish: Hues (lb) m
Macedonian: зајак (mk) m (zajak)
Malay: kelinci, terwelu
Maltese: liebru m
Manx: mwaagh m
Maori: hea
Marathi: ससा (sasā)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: мераҥ (meraŋ)
Western Mari: морен (moren)
Mauritian Creole: lyev
Mi'kmaq: apli'gmuj
Mòcheno: hos m
Mon: ဗတာဲ (mnw)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: туулай (mn) (tuulaj)
Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠤᠯᠠᠢ (taulai)
Montagnais: uapush
Nahuatl: cihtli (nah)
Navajo: gahtsoh
Neapolitan: lepre f
Ngazidja Comorian: sungurwa class 5/6
Nogai: тавшан (tavşan)
Norman: lièvre m (Jersey)
Northern Sami: njoammil
Northwestern Ojibwa: bagwaji-waabooz
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hare (no) m
Nynorsk: hare m
Occitan: lèbre (oc) f
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: заѩць m (zajęcĭ)
Old East Slavic: заѩць m (zajęcĭ)
Old English: hara m
Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰉𐰽𐰍𐰣 (tabïšɣan)
Ossetian:
Digor: тӕрхъос (tærqos)
Iron: тӕрхъус (tærqus)
Ottoman Turkish: طاوشان (tavşan), ارنب (erneb)
Pali: sasa m
Pannonian Rusyn: заяц m (zajac)
Pashto: سوی (ps) (soai)
Persian:
Middle Persian: [Term?] (/⁠sahōg⁠/)
Dari: خَرْگوش (xargōš)
Iranian Persian: خَرْگوش (xarguš)
Piedmontese: levr f
Plautdietsch: Hos m
Polish: zając (pl) m
Portuguese: lebrão (pt) m, lebre (pt) f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਸਹਿਆ (pa) m (sahiā)
Romani: baro-shoshoy m, bari-shoshni f
Romanian: iepure-de-câmp m
Romansch: lieur m
Russian: за́яц (ru) m (zájac), зайчи́ха (ru) f (zajčíxa)
Sardinian: lèpere m, lèpuri m, brincis m, peldelana f
Scots: bawd, mawkin
Scottish Gaelic: geàrr f, maigheach f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: зе̑ц m
Roman: zȇc (sh) m
Seychellois Creole: lyev
Shor: қозан
Sicilian: lèpuru m
Silesian: hazŏk m
Sinhalese: හාවෝ (hāwō)
Slovak: zajac (sk) m
Slovene: zajec (sl) m, zajklja (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower: wuchac m
Upper: zajac (hsb) m
Southern Altai: койон (koyon)
Southern Sami: njåemele
Spanish: liebre (es) f
Svan: ра̇ꚓв (räč̣v)
Swahili: sungura (sw)
Swedish: hare (sv) c
Tagalog: liyebre (tl)
Tajik: харгӯш (tg) (xargüš)
Tarifit: ayarziz m
Tatar: куян (tt) (quyan)
Thai: กระต่าย (th) (grà-dtàai), กระต่ายป่า (th) (grà-dtàai-bpàa)
Tibetan: ཡོས (yos), རི་བོང (ri bong)
Tocharian B: ṣaṣe
Tswana: mmutla
Turkish: tavşan (tr)
Turkmen: towşan
Tuvan: кодан (kodan)
Udmurt: кеч (keć)
Ukrainian: за́єць (uk) m (zájecʹ)
Urdu: خَرْگوش m (xargoś), خَرْہا m (xarhā)
Uyghur: توشقان (toshqan)
Uzbek: quyon (uz), tovushqon (uz)
Venetan: jévre m, liévore m
Veps: jäniš
Vietnamese: thỏ rừng
Volapük: liev (vo)
Võro: jänes
Votic: jänez
Walloon: live (wa) m, håze (wa) f
Welsh: ysgyfarnog (cy) f, sgwarnog (cy) f
West Frisian: hazze
Wolof: lëg gi
Yakut: куобах (kuobaq)
Yiddish: האָז m (hoz)
Zazaki: arwêş (diq) :

#### Verb

hare (third-person singular simple present hares, present participle haring, simple past and past participle hared)
* (intransitive) To move swiftly.
** 2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC‎:But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support.
** 2015–2021, qntm, “Introductory Antimemetics”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 21:Desperate, Kim hurls his phone overarm at the creature's forehead. It's a solid chunk of metal and it's a dead hit. Grey reels backwards and cracks his skull against the wall. By the time he recovers, Kim is out of sight, haring away down the left corridor, just echoing, fading footsteps on concrete.

##### Synonyms

* rabbit
* race
* speed
* tear

#### See also

* form (hare's home)
* leveret (young hare)
* jackrabbit (type of hare)

### Etymology 2

From Middle English harren, harien (“to drag by force, ill-treat”), of uncertain origin. Compare harry, harass.

#### Alternative forms

* harr

#### Verb

hare (third-person singular simple present hares, present participle haring, simple past and past participle hared)
* (obsolete) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
** 1693, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education:To hare and rate them thus at every turn, is not to teach them, but to vex, and torment them to no purpoſe.

### Etymology 3

From Middle English hore, from Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”). Cognate with German hehr (“noble, sublime”).

#### Alternative forms

* hoar

#### Adjective

hare
* (regional) Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).
    a hare old man
* (regional) Cold, frosty (of weather).
    a hare day

#### References

* The Dictionary of the Scots Language

### Anagrams

* Ahre, Hera, RHAe, Rahe, Rhea, hear, hera, rhea

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch (de) hare.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

hare
* hers (that or those of her)
    Sy het my hemp aangehad en ek hare.She wore my shirt and I wore hers.

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* garé — Calabria

### Etymology

Likely borrowed from Greek χαρά (chará, “joy”).

### Noun

haré f (definite haréja)
* joy
    Synonym: gëzim
** 1873, Girolamo de Rada, Canti di Milosao, canto 1, page 14, lines 12–14:Cuur te dritta δeu me ɔpii / u sbuλúa je deiti / si garea cὺ deλ pyr siiɔ, […][Kur, te drita, dheu me shpi / u zbulua je dejti / si garea që del për sysh]When, at dawn, the earth and the house / were uncovered, and the sea, / as joy that comes out of eyes, […]

### Further reading

* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /haˈɾe/ [haˈɾe]
* IPA: /ʔaˈɾe/ [ʔaˈɾe] (h-dropping)
* Hyphenation: ha‧re

### Verb

haré (Basahan spelling ᜑᜍᜒ)
* Misspelling of hari.

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse hari, heri (“hare”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /haːrə/, [ˈhɑːɑ]

### Noun

hare c (singular definite haren, plural indefinite harer)
* hare

#### See also

* hare on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch hare. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɦaː.rə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ha‧re
* Rhymes: -aːrə

### Pronoun

hare (personal plural haren)
* non-attributive form of haar; hers
    Normally used in conjunction with the definite article de or het depending on the gender of what is being referred to.
       Die auto is de hare. ― That car is hers.
       Dat huis is het hare. ― That house is hers.
       Dat is de/het hare. ― That is hers.

#### Declension

| | subject | subject | object | object | possessive | possessive | possessive | reflexive | genitive$^5$ |
| singular | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | pred. | | |
| 1st person | ik | 'k$^1$ | mij | me | mijn | m'n$^1$ | mijne | me | mijner, mijns |
| 2nd person | jij | je | jou | je | jouw | je | jouwe | je | jouwer, jouws |
| 2nd person archaic or regiolectal | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
| 2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u, zich$^7$ | uwer, uws |
| 3rd person masculine | hij | ie$^1$ | hem | 'm$^1$ | zijn | z'n$^1$ | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
| 3rd person feminine | zij | ze | haar | h'r$^1$, 'r$^1$, d'r$^1$ | haar | h'r$^1$, 'r$^1$, d'r$^1$ | hare | zich | harer, haars |
| 3rd person neuter | het | 't$^1$ | het | 't$^1$ | zijn | z'n$^1$ | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
| plural | | | | | | | | | |
| 1st person | wij | we | ons | – | ons, onze$^2$ | – | onze | ons | onzer, onzes |
| 2nd person | jullie | je | jullie | je | jullie | je | – | je | – |
| 2nd person archaic or regiolectal$^6$ | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
| 2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u, zich$^7$ | uwer, uws |
| 3rd person | zij | ze | hen$^3$, hun$^4$ | ze | hun | – | hunne | zich | hunner, huns |
| $^{1)}$ Not as common in written language. $^{2)}$ Inflected as an adjective. $^{3)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). $^{4)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). $^{5)}$ Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. $^{6)}$ To differentiate from the singular gij, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people"). | $^{1)}$ Not as common in written language. $^{2)}$ Inflected as an adjective. $^{3)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). $^{4)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). $^{5)}$ Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. $^{6)}$ To differentiate from the singular gij, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people"). | $^{1)}$ Not as common in written language. $^{2)}$ Inflected as an adjective. $^{3)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). $^{4)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). $^{5)}$ Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. $^{6)}$ To differentiate from the singular gij, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people"). | $^{1)}$ Not as common in written language. $^{2)}$ Inflected as an adjective. $^{3)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). $^{4)}$ In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). $^{5)}$ Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. $^{6)}$ To differentiate from the singular gij, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people"). | $^{7)}$ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' | $^{7)}$ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' | $^{7)}$ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' | $^{7)}$ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' | $^{7)}$ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' | $^{7)}$ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' |

### Determiner

hare
* (archaic) inflected form of haar

#### Derived terms

* Hare Majesteit

## Japanese
### Romanization

hare
* Rōmaji transcription of はれ

## Middle Dutch
### Determiner

hāre
* inflection of hāer:
** feminine nominative/accusative singular
** nominative/accusative plural

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English hara; some forms have the vowel of Old Norse heri.

#### Alternative forms

* hara, haar, hayre, harre, hayr, are, here

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhaːr(ə)/

#### Noun

hare (plural hares)
* A hare or its meat (lagomorph of the genus Lepus)
* (rare) Someone who is easily scared or frightened.
* (rare) A hare's skin or hide.

##### Descendants

* English: hare
* Scots: hare, hair
* Yola: haar

##### References

* “hāre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-26.

### Etymology 2
#### Determiner

hare
* Alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive)

#### Pronoun

hare
* Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronoun

hare
* Alternative form of hire (“her”, object)

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

hare
* Alternative form of her (“hair”)

### Etymology 5
#### Determiner

hare
* (chiefly West Midland and Kent) Alternative form of here (“their”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse heri, from Proto-Germanic *háswa-. Compare with German Hase, Swedish hare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhaːrə/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: harde

### Noun

hare m (definite singular haren, indefinite plural harer, definite plural harene)
* a hare

### References

* “hare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* hårrå (dialectal)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse heri, from Proto-Germanic *hasô. Akin to English hare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²hɑːrə/
* Homophone: harde

### Noun

hare m (definite singular haren, indefinite plural harar, definite plural harane)
* a mountain hare, Lepus timidus
* a hare, a small animal of the genus Lepus

#### Synonyms

* jase

#### Derived terms

* harepest
* harerug
* trollhare

### References

* “hare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀳𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
* हरे (Devanagari script)
* হরে (Bengali script)
* හරෙ (Sinhalese script)
* ဟရေ or ႁရေ (Burmese script)
* หเร or หะเร (Thai script)
* ᩉᩁᩮ (Tai Tham script)
* ຫເຣ or ຫະເຣ (Lao script)
* ហរេ (Khmer script)
* 𑄦𑄢𑄬 (Chakma script)

### Verb

hare
* optative active singular of harati (“to take away”)

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fale. Cognates include Hawaiian hale and Maori whare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈha.ɾe/
* Hyphenation: ha‧re

### Noun

hare
* house, home
* family

#### Derived terms

* hare 'oka
* hare moa
* hare paeŋa

### References

* Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 16
* “hare”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
* Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 32

## Scots
### Etymology

From Middle English hare, from Old English hara.

### Noun

hare (plural hares)
* a hare, Lepus sp.
* (archaic) the last sheaf or portion of grain harvested; the end of the harvest
    Synonyms: clyack, kirn, maiden
** 1937, Mary MacLeod Banks, British Calendar of Customs: Scotland, page 82:When the ‘hare’ was cut the unmarried reapers ran with all speed homeWhen the last sheaf was harvested, the unmarried reapers ran home as quickly as possible

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish hari, hæri, from Old Norse *hari, heri, from Proto-Germanic *hasô.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

hare c
* hare

#### Derived terms

* harmynt (“harelipped”)
* hartass

### Phrase

hare
* (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of "ha det" (in ha det or more generally).

### References

* hare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* hare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* hare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* Hera

## Tetum
### Etymology

From *pare, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay. Compare Javanese pari.

### Noun

hare
* rice (unpicked); rice (plant)