husky

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• UK, US: /ˈhʌs.ki/
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• rhymes with -ʌski
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AH1 S K IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From husk + -y; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk".

Ultimately related to Eskimo; see husky (“sled dog”) for more.

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

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: дрезгав (drezgav) — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Bulgarian: прегракнал (pregraknal) — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Catalan: ronc — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Chinese Mandarin: 沙啞 /沙哑 (shāyǎ) — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Chinese Mandarin: 嘶啞 /嘶哑 (sīyǎ) — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Finnish: käheä — hoarse and rough-sounding
• French: rauque — hoarse and rough-sounding
• French: enroué — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Galician: rouco — hoarse and rough-sounding
• German: heiser — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Greek: βραχνός (vrachnós) — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Hungarian: rekedt — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Hungarian: fátyolos — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Icelandic: rámur — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Japanese: しゃがれた (shagareta) — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Norman: enroué — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Portuguese: enrouquecido — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Portuguese: rouco — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Russian: хри́плый (xríplyj) — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Russian: си́плый (síplyj) — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Russian: охри́пший (oxrípšij) — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Russian: оси́плый (osíplyj) — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Serbo-Croatian: hrapav — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Serbo-Croatian: mukao — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Spanish: ronco — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Spanish: rauco — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Spanish: aguardentoso — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Spanish: aguardientoso — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Spanish: afónico — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Spanish: enronquecido — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Swedish: hes — hoarse and rough-sounding
• Bulgarian: як (jak) — burly, thick; fat, overweight
• Bulgarian: мощен (mošten) — burly, thick; fat, overweight
• Finnish: vankka — burly, thick; fat, overweight
• German: stämmig — burly, thick; fat, overweight
• German: pummelig — burly, thick; fat, overweight
• Hungarian: nagydarab — burly, thick; fat, overweight
• Hungarian: robusztus — burly, thick; fat, overweight
• Hungarian: tagbaszakadt — burly, thick; fat, overweight
• Hungarian: tenyeres-talpas — burly, thick; fat, overweight
• Russian: доро́дный (doródnyj) — burly, thick; fat, overweight
• Serbo-Croatian: potkožen — burly, thick; fat, overweight
• Ahtna: łicox — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Bulgarian: хъски (hǎski) — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Chinese Mandarin: 哈士奇 (hāshìqí) — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Chinese Mandarin: 二哈 (èrhā) — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Esperanto: ĥaskio — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Finnish: husky — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• French: husky — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• German: Husky — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• German: Polarhund — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Greek: χάσκυ (chásky) — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Irish: huscaí — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Italian: husky — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Japanese: ハスキー犬 (hasukī-ken) — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Japanese: ハスキー (hasukī) — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Macedonian: хаски (haski) — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Malay: huski — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Norwegian Bokmål: husky — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Norwegian Nynorsk: husky — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Polish: husky — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Portuguese: husky — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Russian: эскимо́сская ла́йка (eskimósskaja lájka) — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Russian: ха́ски (xáski) — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Serbo-Croatian: haski — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Spanish: husky — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Lower Tanana: ɬichwx — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
• Welsh: hysgi — any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs