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hirsute

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /həːˈsjuːt/
  • UK: /həːˈsuːt/
  • US: /hɚˈsut/
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  • rhymes with -uːt
  • CMU ARPABET: HH ER0 S UW1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Covered in hair or bristles; hairy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Someone or something that is hirsute.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

having or covered with hair

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Jacob was a hairy man
  • a hairy caterpillar

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hairy, haired

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin hirsūtus (“shaggy, hairy”).

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: космат (kosmat) — hairy
  • Catalan: hirsut — hairy
  • Czech: chlupatý — hairy
  • Dutch: harig — hairy
  • Dutch: behaard — hairy
  • Esperanto: hirta — hairy
  • Estonian: karvane — hairy
  • Estonian: karune — hairy
  • Finnish: karvainen — hairy
  • French: hirsute — hairy
  • German: behaart — hairy
  • Italian: irsuto — hairy
  • Latin: hirsutus — hairy
  • Macedonian: вла́кнест (vláknest) — hairy
  • Macedonian: ко́смат (kósmat) — hairy
  • Macedonian: ко́смест (kósmest) — hairy
  • Polish: włochaty — hairy
  • Polish: kosmaty — hairy
  • Polish: kudłaty — hairy
  • Russian: волоса́тый (volosátyj) — hairy
  • Scottish Gaelic: fionnach — hairy
  • Spanish: hirsuto — hairy
  • Swedish: hårig — hairy
  • Swedish: luden — hairy