hound

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder. Proto-Germanic *hundaz Proto-West Germanic *hund Old English hund Middle English hound English hound From Middle English hound, from Old English hund, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz. Doublet of canine. Cognate with Dutch hond (“dog”), German Hund (“dog”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish hund (“dog”), Faroese and Icelandic hundur (“dog”). In 14th-century England, hound was the general word for all domestic canines, and dog referred to a subtype resembling the modern mastiff and bulldog (much as the distinction between Hund and Dogge in contemporary German). By the 16th century, dog had become the general word, and hound had begun to refer only to breeds used for hunting.

From Middle English hownde, hount, houn, probably from Old Norse húnn, from Proto-Germanic *hūnaz.

From Middle English hounden, from the noun (see above).

105 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: hond — dog, hunting dog
• Arabic: كَلْبُ صَيْد (kalbu ṣayd) — dog, hunting dog
• Armenian: բարակ (barak) — dog, hunting dog
• Middle Armenian: զաղառ (zaġaṙ) — dog, hunting dog
• Bulgarian: хрътка (hrǎtka) — dog, hunting dog
• Chinese Mandarin: 獵犬 /猎犬 (lièquǎn) — dog, hunting dog
• Czech: chrt — dog, hunting dog
• Czech: lovecký pes — dog, hunting dog
• Czech: honič — dog, hunting dog
• Danish: hund — dog, hunting dog
• Dutch: hond — dog, hunting dog
• Dutch: jachthond — dog, hunting dog
• Esperanto: hundo — dog, hunting dog
• Estonian: hagijas — dog, hunting dog
• Faroese: hundur — dog, hunting dog
• Faroese: veiðihundur — dog, hunting dog
• Finnish: koira — dog, hunting dog
• Finnish: hurtta — dog, hunting dog
• Finnish: metsästyskoira — dog, hunting dog
• French: chien de chasse — dog, hunting dog
• French: braque — dog, hunting dog
• French: molosse — dog, hunting dog
• French: chien courant — dog, hunting dog
• West-Frisian: hûn — dog, hunting dog
• Galician: braco — dog, hunting dog
• Galician: sabuxo — dog, hunting dog
• Galician: sabuio — dog, hunting dog
• Galician: corricón — dog, hunting dog
• Galician: lebreu — dog, hunting dog
• Galician: acadán — dog, hunting dog
• Georgian: ძაღლი (ʒaɣli) — dog, hunting dog
• Georgian: მონადირე ძაღლი (monadire ʒaɣli) — dog, hunting dog
• Georgian: ქოფაკი (kopaḳi) — dog, hunting dog
• German: Hund — dog, hunting dog
• German: Jagdhund — dog, hunting dog
• Greek: κυνηγόσκυλο (kynigóskylo) — dog, hunting dog
• Greek: λαγωνικό (lagonikó) — dog, hunting dog
• Greek: ζαγάρι (zagári) — dog, hunting dog
• Hebrew: כלב ציד (kelev tsáyid) — dog, hunting dog
• Hindi: श्वान (śvān) — dog, hunting dog
• Hungarian: vadászkutya — dog, hunting dog
• Hunsrik: Jachthund — dog, hunting dog
• Icelandic: hundur — dog, hunting dog
• Ido: chasohundo — dog, hunting dog
• Irish: cú — dog, hunting dog
• Old Irish: cú — dog, hunting dog
• Italian: bracco — dog, hunting dog
• Japanese: 猟犬 (ryōken) — dog, hunting dog
• Japanese: 狩犬 (kariinu) — dog, hunting dog
• Macedonian: ’рт (’rt) — dog, hunting dog
• Macedonian: загар (zagar) — dog, hunting dog
• Malay: انجيڠ ڤمبورو — dog, hunting dog
• Malay: anjing pemburu — dog, hunting dog
• Māori: kurī whakangau — dog, hunting dog
• Norwegian: hund — dog, hunting dog
• Polish: gończy — dog, hunting dog
• Polish: ogar — dog, hunting dog
• Portuguese: cão de caça — dog, hunting dog
• Portuguese: sabujo — dog, hunting dog
• Romanian: câine de vânătoare — dog, hunting dog
• Romanian: ogar — dog, hunting dog
• Russian: го́нчая (gónčaja) — dog, hunting dog
• Russian: охо́тничья соба́ка (oxótničʹja sobáka) — dog, hunting dog
• Scottish Gaelic: cù — dog, hunting dog
• Serbo-Croatian: kȇr — dog, hunting dog
• Serbo-Croatian: hrt — dog, hunting dog
• Sicilian: cani di caccia — dog, hunting dog
• Sicilian: cani braccu — dog, hunting dog
• Slovak: chrt — dog, hunting dog
• Spanish: perro de caza — dog, hunting dog
• Spanish: sabueso — dog, hunting dog
• Spanish: cárabo (disused) — dog, hunting dog
• Swedish: hund — dog, hunting dog
• Tagalog: asong pangaso — dog, hunting dog
• Tibetan: རྔོན་ཁྱི (rngon khyi) — dog, hunting dog
• Turkmen: tazy — dog, hunting dog
• Ukrainian: гонча́к (hončák) — dog, hunting dog
• Ukrainian: го́нчий собака (hónčyj sobaka) — dog, hunting dog
• Vietnamese: chó săn — dog, hunting dog
• Yiddish: הונט (hunt) — dog, hunting dog
• Finnish: koiraeläin — any canine animal
• Finnish: metsästäjä — one who seeks something
• Galician: cazador — one who seeks something
• German: Jäger — one who seeks something
• Portuguese: caçador — one who seeks something
• Russian: ищейка (iščejka) — one who seeks something
• Sicilian: cacciaturi — one who seeks something
• Finnish: häntäheikki — male who constantly seeks the company of desirable females
• Galician: mullereiro — male who constantly seeks the company of desirable females
• German: Schürzenjäger — male who constantly seeks the company of desirable females
• Portuguese: mulherengo — male who constantly seeks the company of desirable females
• Russian: кобель (kobelʹ) — male who constantly seeks the company of desirable females
• Sicilian: fimminaru — male who constantly seeks the company of desirable females
• Finnish: koira — despicable person
• Czech: nahánět — to persistently harass
• Czech: pronásledovat — to persistently harass
• Finnish: vainota — to persistently harass
• German: belästigen — to persistently harass
• German: nachstellen — to persistently harass
• German: verfolgen — to persistently harass
• German: jagen — to persistently harass
• Norwegian: hundse — to persistently harass
• Russian: пресле́довать (preslédovatʹ) — to persistently harass
• Russian: трави́ть (travítʹ) — to persistently harass
• Finnish: usuttaa — to urge on against