husky

See also: Husky

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌs.ki/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌski

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

husky (comparative huskier, superlative huskiest)

1. (of a voice) Hoarse and rough-sounding; throaty.
2. (US, euphemistic) Burly, stout.
   • 1910, Hamlin Garland, Other Main-Travelled Roads:

     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 […]

3. (US) A modifier for boys' clothing sizes that fit a large waist or chest.
4. Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
   • 1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     Some swains have sown before: but most have found
     A husky harvest from the grudging ground.

5. (slang, archaic) Belligerent; hostile and uncooperative.
   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

     “Well, here it is,” said Silver. “We want that treasure, and we’ll have it — that’s our point! You would just as soon save your lives, I reckon; and that’s yours. You have a chart, haven’t you?”
     “That’s as may be,” replied the captain.
     “Oh, well, you have, I know that,” returned Long John. “You needn’t be so husky with a man; there ain’t a particle of service in that, and you may lay to it. What I mean is, we want your chart. Now, I never meant you no harm, myself.”

Derived terms

• huskily
• huskiness

Translations

hoarse and rough-sounding

• Bulgarian: дрезгав (bg) (drezgav), прегракнал (bg) (pregraknal)
• Catalan: ronc (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙啞 / 沙哑 (zh) (shāyǎ), 嘶啞 / 嘶哑 (zh) (sīyǎ)

• Finnish: käheä (fi)
• French: rauque (fr), enroué (fr)
• Galician: rouco
• German: heiser (de)
• Greek: βραχνός (el) (vrachnós)
• Hungarian: rekedt (hu), fátyolos (hu)
• Icelandic: rámur
• Japanese: しゃがれた (ja) (shagareta)
• Norman: enroué
• Portuguese: enrouquecido, rouco (pt)
• Russian: хри́плый (ru) (xríplyj), си́плый (ru) (síplyj), охри́пший (ru) (oxrípšij), оси́плый (ru) (osíplyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: hrapav (sh), mukao (sh)
• Spanish: ronco (es), rauco m, aguardentoso (es) m, aguardientoso m (Mexico), afónico (es) m, enronquecido (es) m
• Swedish: hes (sv)

burly, thick; fat, overweight

• Bulgarian: як (bg) (jak), мощен (bg) (mošten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: vankka (fi)
• German: stämmig (de), pummelig (de)
• Hungarian: nagydarab (hu), robusztus (hu), tagbaszakadt (hu), tenyeres-talpas (hu)
• Russian: доро́дный (ru) (doródnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: potkožen (sh)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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)

1. Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs.

Alternative forms

• huskie

Synonyms

• polar dog

Derived terms

• Mackenzie River husky

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 (zh) (hāshìqí), 二哈 (zh) (èrhā) (slang, humorous)

• Esperanto: ĥaskio
• Finnish: husky (fi)
• French: husky (fr) m
• German: Husky m, Polarhund (de) m
• Greek: χάσκυ (chásky)
• Irish: huscaí (ga) m
• Italian: husky
• Japanese: ハスキー犬 (hasukī-ken), ハスキー (ja) (hasukī)
• Macedonian: хаски n (haski)
• Malay: huski
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: husky (no) m

  Nynorsk: husky m

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

Further reading

• husky on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:husky on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Czech

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English husky.

Noun

husky m anim

1. husky (breed of dog)

Declension

Declension of husky (masculine animate in -i/-y)

	singular	plural
nominative	husky	huskyové, husky
genitive	huskyho	huskyů, huskych
dative	huskymu	huskyům, huskym
accusative	huskyho	huskye, husky
vocative	husky	huskyové, husky
locative	huskym	huskyích, huskych
instrumental	huskym	huskyi, huskymi

Etymology 2

Noun

husky

1. (informal) inflection of huska:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

   Synonyms: husy, husičky

Related terms

• husa
• husička
• huska

 

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English husky.

Noun

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

1. 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)

1. husky (breed of dog)

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English husky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxas.ki/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aski
• Syllabification: hus‧ky

Noun

husky m animal (indeclinable)

1. husky (dog)

Further reading

• husky in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• husky in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English husky.

Noun

husky m (plural huskys)

1. husky (dogs)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.