husky

See also: Husky

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌs.ki/
• Rhymes: -ʌski

Etymology 1

husk +‎ -y; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk".

Adjective

husky ‎(comparative huskier, superlative huskiest)

1. (of a voice) Hoarse and rough-sounding.
2. (US) Burly, stout.
   • Hamlin Garland

     You look like a good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard […]

   • 1965, Popular Mechanics, September issue, page 22

     Word got around quickly that this plane, which has been flying since January, is bigger and huskier than our proposed C-5A […]

3. Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
   • John Dryden

     Some swains have sown before: but most have found
     A husky harvest from the grudging ground.

Derived terms

• huskily
• huskiness

Translations

hoarse and rough-sounding

• Catalan: ronc (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙啞 (zh), 沙哑 (zh) ‎(shāyǎ), 嘶啞 (zh), 嘶哑 (zh) ‎(sīyǎ)

• Finnish: käheä (fi)
• French: rauque (fr), enroué (fr)
• German: heiser (de)
• Greek: βραχνός (el) ‎(vrachnós)
• Icelandic: rámur

• Japanese: しゃがれた ‎(shakareta)
• Norman: enroué
• Russian: хри́плый (ru) ‎(xríplyj), си́плый (ru) ‎(síplyj), охри́пший (ru) ‎(oxrípšij), оси́плый (ru) ‎(osíplyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: hrapav (sh), mukao (sh)
• Swedish: hes (sv)

burly, thick; fat, overweight

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: vankka (fi)
• Russian: доро́дный (ru) ‎(doródnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: potkožen (sh)

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• French: ^{(please verify)} enroué (fr)
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} rauka (io)

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} corpulento (it), ^{(please verify)} robusto
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} fornido (es), ^{(please verify)} robusto (es)

Etymology 2

Shortening of husky dog, where husky is ultimately from the same Old Montagnais root as Eskimo.

Noun

Two Alaskan huskies in harness

husky ‎(plural huskies)

1. Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs.

Alternative forms

• huskie

Synonyms

• polar dog

Related terms

• Eskimo

Translations

Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈士奇 ‎(hāshìqí)

• Esperanto: ĥaskio
• Finnish: husky
• French: husky (fr) m
• German: Husky m
• Greek: χάσκυ ‎(chásky)
• Japanese: ハスキー犬 ‎(hasukī-ken)

• Malay: huski
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: husky m

  Nynorsk: husky m

• Russian: эскимо́сская ла́йка f ‎(eskimósskaja lájka), ха́ски (ru) f ‎(xáski)
• Serbo-Croatian: haski
• Welsh: hysgi m

See also

• husky on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• husky on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English husky

Noun

husky m ‎(definite singular huskyen, indefinite plural huskyer, definite plural huskyene)

1. a husky (breed of dog)

References

• “husky” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English husky

Noun

husky m ‎(definite singular huskyen, indefinite plural huskyar, definite plural huskyane)

1. a husky (breed of dog)