husk

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /hʌsk/
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• Northern-England: /hʊsk/
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From Middle English huske, husk (“husk”). Perhaps from Old English *husuc, *hosuc (“little covering, sheath”), diminutive of hosu (“pod, shell, husk”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“covering, shell, leggings”), from Proto-Indo-European *kawəs- / kawes- (“cover”). If so, equivalent to hose + -ock. Alternatively from Middle Low German hûs(e)ken, hü̂seken (“little house, sheath”), Middle Dutch husekijn (“little house, core of fruit, case”), diminutive of hûs (“house”). Compare Dutch huisje, German Häuschen, both also used for “snailshell”.

Partly imitative, partly from Etymology 1, above, influenced by husky.

153 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قِشْرَة (qišra) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Armenian: թեփ (tʻepʻ) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Belarusian: лупіна (lupina) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Belarusian: шалупінне (šalupinnje) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Belarusian: лупінне (lupinnje) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Belarusian: лушпінне (lušpinnje) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Belarusian: лузга (luzha) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Belarusian: шалупіна (šalupina) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Biatah Bidayuh: budaang — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Bulgarian: люспа (ljuspa) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Bulgarian: обвивка (obvivka) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Catalan: clofolla — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Catalan: closca — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Catalan: clovella — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Chamicuro: ijs̈hopa — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Chinese Mandarin: 外皮 (wàipí) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Chinese Mandarin: 殼 /壳 (ké) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Czech: slupka — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Czech: skořápka — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Danish: avne — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Dutch: schil — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Finnish: akana — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Finnish: suojuslehti — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Finnish: kuori — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• French: écale — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Galician: casca — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Galician: carepa — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Galician: prana — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Galician: pela — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Galician: folello — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Galician: casula — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Galician: carolo — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Galician: poma — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Galician: concho — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• German: Hülse — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• German: Schote — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• German: Hülle — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• German: Schale — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• German: Getreidespelze — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Ancient Greek: λέπος (lépos) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Ancient Greek: λέπυρον (lépuron) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Hawaiian: pulu — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Hebrew: קליפה (klipá) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Hungarian: héj — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Hungarian: hüvely — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Hungarian: burok — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Hungarian: tok — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Hungarian: magburok — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Hungarian: maghéj — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Hungarian: háncs — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Hungarian: kukoricaháncs — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Hungarian: csuhé — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Hungarian: kukoricacsuhé — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Hungarian: csésze — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Hungarian: pelyva — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Ingrian: akana — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Irish: crotal — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Italian: riccio — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Italian: buccia — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Italian: scorza — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Japanese: 殻 (kara) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Japanese: 外被 (gaihi) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Japanese: 外皮 (gaihi) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Latin: glūma — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Macedonian: мешунка (mešunka) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Malay: sekam — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Malay: sabut — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Malayalam: തൊണ്ട് (toṇṭŭ) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Manx: bleayst — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Māori: pakawhā — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Māori: kōpaki — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Mazanderani: سوس — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Middle English: huske — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Norwegian: skall — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Persian: سبوس (sabus) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Persian: سپوس (sapus) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Plautdietsch: Schluw — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Polish: łupina — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Polish: łuska — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Portuguese: casca — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Rarotongan: puru — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Romanian: coajă — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Russian: кожура́ (kožurá) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Russian: шелуха́ f dry (šeluxá) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Russian: скорлупа́ f hard (skorlupá) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Russian: ко́рка (kórka) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Samoan: pulu — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Scottish Gaelic: cochall — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Serbo-Croatian: lupina — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Serbo-Croatian: ljuska — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Serbo-Croatian: kožura — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Spanish: farfolla — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Spanish: cáscara — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Swedish: agn — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Tahitian: puru — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Tamil: உமி (umi) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Tocharian B: pīsäl — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Turkish: kabuk — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Ukrainian: луска́ (luská) — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Welsh: cib — exterior of certain vegetables or fruits
• Bulgarian: обелка (obelka) — any worthless exterior
• Chinese Mandarin: 空壳 (kōngké) — any worthless exterior
• Chinese Mandarin: 躯壳 (qūqiào) — any worthless exterior
• Czech: obal — any worthless exterior
• Czech: slupka — any worthless exterior
• Dutch: waardeloos omhulsel — any worthless exterior
• Finnish: kuori — any worthless exterior
• Finnish: kuoret — any worthless exterior
• German: Hülle — any worthless exterior
• Khiamniungan Naga: āchú — any worthless exterior
• Portuguese: casca — any worthless exterior
• Portuguese: casca — any worthless exterior
• Russian: оболо́чка (obolóčka) — any worthless exterior
• Serbo-Croatian: ljuštura — any worthless exterior
• Serbo-Croatian: ljuska — any worthless exterior
• Spanish: farfolla — any worthless exterior
• Spanish: cáscara — any worthless exterior
• Spanish: sombra — any worthless exterior
• Spanish: faramalla — any worthless exterior
• Bulgarian: лющя (ljuštja) — remove husks from
• Bulgarian: беля (belja) — remove husks from
• Chinese Mandarin: 去壳 (qùké) — remove husks from
• Chinese Mandarin: 剥皮 — remove husks from
• Fijian: sua — remove husks from
• Finnish: puida — remove husks from
• Finnish: kuoria — remove husks from
• Galician: escarolar — remove husks from
• Galician: descascar — remove husks from
• Hungarian: hántol — remove husks from
• Hungarian: lehántol — remove husks from
• Hungarian: hüvelyez — remove husks from
• Hungarian: kifejt — remove husks from
• Hungarian: fejt — remove husks from
• Hungarian: tisztít — remove husks from
• Hungarian: hámoz — remove husks from
• Hungarian: foszt — remove husks from
• Hungarian: rostál — remove husks from
• Hungarian: szelel — remove husks from
• Icelandic: afhýða — remove husks from
• Italian: sbucciare — remove husks from
• Italian: scorticare — remove husks from
• Italian: pelare — remove husks from
• Italian: capare — remove husks from
• Italian: sbaccellare — remove husks from
• Italian: sgranare — remove husks from
• Malay: kupas — remove husks from
• Māori: kōwhā — remove husks from
• Rarotongan: kō — remove husks from
• Russian: очищать (očiščatʹ) — remove husks from
• Samoan: oʻa — remove husks from
• Samoan: meleʻi — remove husks from
• Swedish: skala — remove husks from
• Tamil: உமி (umi) — remove husks from