# harvest
## English
### Alternative forms

* (all obsolete or dialectal) harvist, hervest, harst, hairst

### Etymology

From Middle English harvest, hervest, from Old English hærfest (“autumn, harvest-time; August”), from Proto-West Germanic *harbist, from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz (“harvest-time, autumn, fall”), from *harbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-.
Cognate with Sylt North Frisian Hārefst, West Frisian hjerst, Dutch herfst, German Herbst, dated German Low German Harvst, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høst, Norwegian Nynorsk haust; further with Latin carpere (“to seize”), Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”), κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”).

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈhɑɹ.vəst/, /ˈhɑɹ.vɪst/
* Audio (US):(file)
* (UK) IPA: /ˈhɑː(ɹ)vɪst/, /ˈhɑː(ɹ)vəst/
* (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈhaːvəst/

### Noun

harvest (countable and uncountable, plural harvests)
* (agriculture) The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
    The constant rain made the harvest a nightmare this year.
* The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.
    This year's cotton harvest was great but the corn harvest was disastrous.
** 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.
** 1911, Jack London, The Whale Tooth:The frizzle-headed man-eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the harvest of human carcases was plentiful. Sometimes, when the harvest was too plentiful, they imposed on the missionaries by letting the word slip out that on such a day there would be a killing and a barbecue.
** c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:To glean the broken ears after the man / That the main harvest reaps.
* (by extension) The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences.
    The surveillance mission yielded a healthy harvest of intel.
** 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.
** 1815, William Wordsworth, A Poet's Epitaph:the harvest of a quiet eye
* The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.
* (UK, dialectal) The third season of the year; autumn; fall.
    Harvest is usually very damp and rainy.
* (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.

#### Synonyms

* (agricultural or horticultural yield): crop
* (season of the year): autumn, fall

#### Derived terms

* Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse
* go-harvest
* harvest break
* harvest doll
* harvest festival
* harvest gold
* harvest goose
* harvest homecoming
* harvest lord
* harvest moon
* harvest season
* harvest supper
* home harvest
* iron harvest
* postharvest
* reap the harvest
* snow-in-harvest

#### Translations

Afrikaans: oes (af)
Arabic: حِصَاد m (ḥiṣād)
Armenian: հունձ (hy) (hunj)
Asturian: collecha f
Azerbaijani: biçin (az), yığım
Belarusian: жніво́ n (žnivó), жні́ва f (žníva)
Bulgarian: жъ́тва (bg) f (žǎ́tva)
Catalan: collita (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 收穫 / 收获 (zh) (shōuhuò)
Czech: sklizeň f, žeň (cs) f
Danish: høst (da) c
Dutch: oogst (nl) m
East Central German: Arnt f
Egyptian: (šmw)
Esperanto: rikolto (eo)
Finnish: sadonkorjuu (fi)
French: récolte (fr) f
Galician: seitura f, sega (gl) f, colleita f
Georgian: რთველი (rtveli)
German: Ernte (de) f
Gothic: 𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌽𐍃 f (asans)
Greek: συγκομιδή (el) f (sygkomidí)
Hebrew: קְצִירָה f (k'tsirá), אָסִיף (he) m ('asíf), קָצִיר (he) m (katsír), קָטִיף (he) m (katíf), בָּצִיר (he) m (batsír)
Hungarian: betakarítás (hu)
Icelandic: uppskera
Irish: fómhar m
Italian: mietitura (it) f, messe (it) f
Japanese: 収穫 (ja) (しゅうかく, shūkaku)
Korean: 수확(收穫) (ko) (suhwak)
Latin: messis
Latvian: raža f
Low German: Årnt, Årn, Orn, Aust
Luxembourgish: Rekolt f
Macedonian: жетва f (žetva)
Malayalam: വിളവെടുപ്പ് (ml) (viḷaveṭuppŭ)
Maori: kotinga, hauhakenga
North Frisian: Bāricht f, Fung (Sylt)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: innhøstning
Occitan: culhida (oc) f
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: жѧтва f (žętva)
Oromo: makara
Persian: بَرداشت (fa) (bardâšt), درو (fa) (derow)
Plautdietsch: Eifst m
Polish: żniwa (pl) pl
Portuguese: colheita (pt) f
Romanian: recoltă (ro) f, cules (ro), rod (ro), strânsură (ro) f, seceriș (ro)
Russian: жа́тва (ru) f (žátva), страда́ (ru) f (stradá), убо́рка (ru) f (ubórka) (урожа́я), сбор (ru) m (sbor) (урожа́я)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: же̏тва f
Roman: žȅtva (sh) f
Slovak: žatva f
Slovene: žẹ̑təv (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: žni pl
Spanish: cosecha (es) f
Swedish: skörd (sv) c
Tamil: அறுவடை (ta) (aṟuvaṭai)
Thai: เก็บเกี่ยว (th) (gèp-gìao)
Tocharian B: ñemek
Tongan: ta'u
Turkish: hasat (tr)
Ukrainian: жнива́ n pl (žnyvá), жаття́ n (žattjá)
Vietnamese: gặt (vi), thu hoạch (vi)
Volapük: klop (vo), klopam (vo)
Welsh: cynheaf m
Zazaki: basağ n :
Arabic: مَحْصُول m (maḥṣūl), غَلَّة (ḡalla)
Armenian: բերք (hy) (berkʻ)
Azerbaijani: məhsul (az)
Basque: uzta
Belarusian: ураджа́й m (uradžáj)
Bulgarian: реко́лта (bg) f (rekólta), урожа́й (bg) m (urožáj)
Catalan: collita (ca) f
Cebuano: abot, ani, dugnas, guno, kayas, kutsitsa, lagpi, panglin, sanggi, tuba
Chechen: йалта (jalta)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 收穫 / 收获 (zh) (shōuhuò)
Czech: sklizeň f, žeň (cs) f, úroda f
Danish: høst (da) c
Dutch: oogst (nl) m
East Central German: Arnt f
Egyptian: (ꜣzḫ)
Esperanto: rikoltaĵo (eo)
Finnish: sato (fi)
French: récolte (fr) f, moisson (fr) f
Galician: colleita f, anada (gl) f
Georgian: მოსავალი (mosavali)
German: Ernte (de) f
Greek: συγκομιδή (el) f (sygkomidí), σοδειά (el) f (sodeiá)
Hebrew: קָצִיר (he) m (katsír), אָסִיף (he) m
Hindi: फ़सल f (fasal)
Hungarian: termés (hu)
Icelandic: uppskera
Indonesian: panen (id) f
Irish: fómhar m
Italian: raccolto (it) m
Japanese: 収穫 (ja) (しゅうかく, shūkaku)
Korean: 수확(收穫) (ko) (suhwak)
Kumyk: тюшюм (tüşüm)
Latgalian: nūauga f
Latin: messis f, reditus m
Latvian: raža f
Malayalam: വിളവ് (ml) (viḷavŭ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: høsting m
Ottoman Turkish: حاصل (hasıl)
Persian: بَرداشت (fa) (bardâšt), مَحصول (fa) (mahsul), حاصِل (fa) (hâsel)
Plautdietsch: Arnt f
Polish: żniwa (pl) pl, żniwo (pl) n, plon (pl) m, urodzaj (pl) m
Portuguese: colheita (pt) f
Romanian: recoltă (ro) f, cules (ro), rod (ro), strânsură (ro) f
Russian: урожа́й (ru) m (urožáj), жа́тва (ru) f (žátva)
Santali: ᱚᱵᱚᱫ (ôbôt’)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: же̏тва f
Roman: žȅtva (sh) f
Slovak: úroda f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: žni pl
Southern Altai: тӱжӱм (tüžüm)
Spanish: cosecha (es) f
Swedish: skörd (sv) c
Tajik: ҳосил (tg) (hosil)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tongan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: hasıla (tr), rekolte (tr)
Ukrainian: урожа́й m (urožáj), врожа́й m (vrožáj)
Urdu: فصل f (fasal)
Vietnamese: mùa màng (vi)
Volapük: klopot, (barley) hodiklopot, (potato) pötetiklopot, (grain) greniklopot
Yiddish: גערעט m (geret), שניט m (shnit)
Zazaki: meğel (diq) n :
Arabic: حَصَاد m (ḥaṣād)
Azerbaijani: biçin vaxtı
Bulgarian: жъ́тва (bg) f (žǎ́tva)
Catalan: collita (ca) f
Czech: sklizeň f, žně f pl
Danish: høst (da) c
Dutch: oogsttijd (nl) c
Egyptian: (šmw)
Finnish: sadonkorjuuaika
French: récolte (fr) f
Galician: seitura f, sega (gl) f, colleita f
Georgian: მოსავლის აღება (mosavlis aɣeba), მკა (mḳa) (for grains), რთველი (rtveli) (for grapes)
Gothic: 𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌽𐍃 f (asans)
Greek: θέρος (el) m (théros)
Hebrew: אָסִיף (he) m ('asíf)
Hungarian: aratás (hu) sg
Italian: stagione della mietitura
Macedonian: жетва f (žetva)
Malagasy: hasotry (mg)
Maori: kotinga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: innhøstning f
Plautdietsch: Eifst m
Polish: żniwa (pl) n pl
Portuguese: colheita (pt) f
Russian: страда́ (ru) f (stradá)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: же̏тва f
Roman: žȅtva (sh) f
Spanish: cosecha (es) f
Swedish: skördetid c
Ukrainian: жнива́ n pl (žnyvá), жни́во n (žnývo)
Vietnamese: mùa gặt (vi)
Zazaki: xesat, çinayış :
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### Verb

harvest (third-person singular simple present harvests, present participle harvesting, simple past and past participle harvested)
* (transitive) To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
    We harvested the apples in September already.
* (transitive) To take a living organism as part of a managed process to gather food or resources, often with the intention of maintaining a healthy population.
    An efficient rifle or shotgun can harvest a deer for venison.
* (intransitive) To be occupied bringing in a harvest.
    We're going to harvest day and night, because the weather is about to turn sour.
* (transitive) To win, achieve a gain.
    The rising star harvested well-deserved acclaim, even an Oscar under 21.

#### Derived terms

* harvestability
* harvestable
* harvest bug
* harvestee
* harvester
* harvest fish
* harvest fly
* harvest home
* harvest louse
* harvestly
* harvestman
* harvest mite
* harvest moon
* harvest mouse
* harvest queen
* harvest spider
* harvest time

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* thraves