horsehair

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From Middle English hors her, horshere, hors-here, hors heer (also hors-hore), equivalent to horse + hair. Compare Old Norse hross-hár (“horsehair”).

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ձար (jar) — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• Bulgarian: конски косъм (konski kosǎm) — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬毛 /马毛 (mǎmáo) — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• Czech: žíně — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• Finnish: jouhi — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• French: crin — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• Georgian: ძუა (ʒua) — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• German: Rosshaar — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• Hungarian: lószőr — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• Ingrian: jouhi — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• Italian: crine — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• Japanese: 馬毛 (umage) — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• Luxembourgish: Päerdshoer — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• Macedonian: ко́њско вла́кно (kónjsko vlákno) — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• Middle English: hors her — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• Mingrelian: ძუა (ʒua) — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• Polish: końskie włosie — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• Russian: ко́нский во́лос (kónskij vólos) — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• Swedish: tagel — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• Turkish: yele — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail
• Turkish: at yelesi — hair of a horse, from its mane or tail