husky

See also: Husky

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌs.ki/
Rhymes: -ʌski

Etymology 1

husk +‎ -y; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk".

Adjective

husky (comparative huskier, superlative huskiest)

(of a voice) Hoarse and rough-sounding.
(US) Burly, stout.
- Hamlin Garland
  You look like a good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard […]
- 1965, Popular Mechanics, September issue, page 22
  Word got around quickly that this plane, which has been flying since January, is bigger and huskier than our proposed C-5A […]
- Train Simulator Video Game tutorial, page 14
  There's no yard power available for assignment today, so you'll be working with a husky GE ES44AC. […]
Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
- John Dryden
  Some swains have sown before: but most have found
  A husky harvest from the grudging ground.

Derived terms

Translations

hoarse and rough-sounding

Bulgarian: дрезгав (bg) (drezgav), прегракнал (bg) (pregraknal)
Catalan: ronc (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 沙啞 (zh), 沙哑 (zh) (shāyǎ), 嘶啞 (zh), 嘶哑 (zh) (sīyǎ)
Finnish: käheä (fi)
French: rauque (fr), enroué (fr)
German: heiser (de)
Greek: βραχνός (el) (vrachnós)

Icelandic: rámur
Japanese: しゃがれた (shakareta)
Norman: enroué
Russian: хри́плый (ru) (xríplyj), си́плый (ru) (síplyj), охри́пший (ru) (oxrípšij), оси́плый (ru) (osíplyj)
Serbo-Croatian: hrapav (sh), mukao (sh)
Spanish: ronco (es)
Swedish: hes (sv)

burly, thick; fat, overweight

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: vankka (fi)

German: stämmig (de), pummelig (de)
Russian: доро́дный (ru) (doródnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: potkožen (sh)

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Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} enroué (fr)
Ido: ^{(please verify)} rauka (io)

Italian: ^{(please verify)} corpulento (it), ^{(please verify)} robusto (it)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} fornido (es), ^{(please verify)} robusto (es)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

Two Alaskan huskies in harness

husky (plural huskies)

Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs.

Alternative forms

huskie

Synonyms

polar dog

Related terms

Husky (“an Eskimo person; an Eskimo language”) (dated)
Eskimo

Translations

Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs

Bulgarian: хъски n (hǎski)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 哈士奇 (hāshìqí)
Esperanto: ĥaskio
Finnish: husky
French: husky (fr) m
German: Husky m, Polarhund (de) m
Greek: χάσκυ (chásky)
Japanese: ハスキー犬 (hasukī-ken)

Malay: huski
Norwegian:
Bokmål: husky (no) m

Nynorsk: husky m
Portuguese: husky (pt) m or f
Russian: эскимо́сская ла́йка f (eskimósskaja lájka), ха́ски (ru) f (xáski)
Serbo-Croatian: haski
Welsh: hysgi m

Czech

Noun

husky

husky (breed of dog)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	husky	huskyové
genitive	huskyho/huskya	huskyů
dative	huskymu	huskyům
accusative	huskyho/huskya	huskye
vocative	husky/huskye	huskyové
locative	huskym	huskyích
instrumental	huskym	huskyi

Noun

husky

(informal) diminutive of husy

Declension

See huska

Synonyms

husy
husičky

Related terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English husky

Noun

husky m (definite singular huskyen, indefinite plural huskyer, definite plural huskyene)

a husky (breed of dog)

References

“husky” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English husky

Noun

husky m (definite singular huskyen, indefinite plural huskyar, definite plural huskyane)

a husky (breed of dog)

Spanish

Noun

husky m (plural huskys)

husky (dogs)

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