haras

See also: harás and háráš

English

Etymology

From Middle English haras, from Old French haraz, probably from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhaɹəs/, /aˈɹɑː/

Noun

haras (plural haras)

  1. (archaic) An establishment that breeds horses; a stud farm.
  2. (obsolete) A herd of stud horses; a harras.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French haraz, from Old French haraz, probably from Old Norse hárr (grey-haired).

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /a.ʁa/, /a.ʁɑ/
  • (file)

Noun

haras m (plural haras)

  1. stud farm (establishment for selectively breeding horses)

Further reading

Latin

Noun

harās

  1. accusative plural of hara

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French haraz, itself possibly from Old Norse.

Noun

haras

  1. stud farm (establishment for breeding horses)
  2. herd of stud horses

Descendants

  • English: haras, harras
  • Scots: haryage

References

Middle French

Noun

haras m (plural haras)

  1. Alternative form of haraz
    • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:
      comme nous assignons au haras les bestes qui sont de moindre estime.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

haras

  1. snake

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French haras.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɾɐs/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɾɐʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɾas/

  • Hyphenation: ha‧ras

Noun

haras m (invariable)

  1. stud; haras (ranch where horses are kept for breeding)
    Synonym: caudelaria

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

haras

  1. snake
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