Noun: hare
| Singular | hare |
| Plural | hare; hares |
Sample Sentences
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The hare has a reputation for exciting desire. Hare soup is credited with a particular aphrodisiac value. [1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 111:]
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Ashe bit absent-mindedly into a piece of hare and swore mildly when he burned his tongue. [1958, Andre Norton, The Time Traders, Cleveland, Oh.; New York, N.Y.: The World Publishing Company, →LCCN, page 79:]
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Hare is another delicious meat – it’s more ‘steaky’, darker and richer than rabbit. [2007, Jamie Oliver, Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life, London: Michael Joseph, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 273:]
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In Milan, jugged hare is flavoured with grated chocolate, which adds colour and depth to the sauce. [2013, Anna Del Conte, Gastronomy of Italy, London: Pavilion, →ISBN, page 109:]
Nouns inflected like hare
seiyuu,
sensei,
senryu,
whaanau,
xianbing,
samlor,
salumi,
salmon,
sika deer,
shrimp,
shumai,
eastern moa,
Guarani-Kaiowá,
northern shrimp,
izakaya,
pūkeko,
autopaizuri,
yukata,
yueqin,
panzerotti, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle English hare, from Old English hara (“hare”), from Proto-West Germanic *hasō ~ *haʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *hesô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂s-én-; possibly related to or influenced by Proto-Germanic *haswaz (“grey”).
2. Cognates
3. 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”). See: Middle English Nouns '
hare', Old English Nouns '
hara', Dutch Nouns '
haas', German Nouns '
Hase', Swedish Nouns '
hare', Icelandic Nouns '
heri', Old English Nouns '
hasu', Latin Nouns '
cānus'.
Verbs referencing "hare"
Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
hare.