English Explanatory Dictionary

har

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hinge.
intj
  1. A sound of laughter, with a sarcastic connotation.
particle
  1. Alternative form of hah (interrogative particle).
name
  1. Alternative form of Hari.
noun
  1. Acronym of human accelerated region.

Pronunciation

hä /hɑː/ här /hɑɹ/ en-us-har.ogg

Word forms

har hars harr harre hardy har har

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English harre, herre, from Old English heorra (“hinge; cardinal point”), from Proto-West Germanic *herʀō, from Proto-Germanic *herzô (“hinge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing, jump”). Cognate with Scots herre, harr, har (“hinge”), Dutch harre, her, har (“hinge”), Icelandic hjarri (“hinge”), Latin cardō (“hinge”).

Related words

har gow
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