Meanings
nounHouthi (plural Houthis or Houthi)
plural Houthis
- A member of the Ansar Allah armed revolutionary group in Yemen.
Late on Tuesday, the Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack on a container ship in the Red Sea, and for an attempt to attack Israel with drones.
2023 December 26, Bethan McKernan, “Fears of regional escalation as Israel warns of ‘multi-front’ war”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Origin
- Arabicالْحُوثِيّ
- EnglishHouthi
From Arabic الْحُوثِيّ (al-ḥūṯiyy). Named after Yemeni politician and rebel Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi. ultimately from the village of حُوث (ḥūṯ) in western central Yemen.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic حُوثِيّ
- حُوثِيّ (ḥūṯiyy)Translations
Bengali হুতি
- হুতি (huti)Translations
Chinese Mandarin 胡塞
- 胡塞 (húsài)Translations
French Houthi
- HouthiTranslations
German Huthi
- HuthiTranslations
Greek Χούθι
- Χούθι (Choúthi)Translations
Hebrew חות׳י
- חות׳י (khúthi)Translations
Hindi हूती
- हूती (hūtī)Translations
Italian huthi
- huthiTranslations
Japanese フーシ
- フーシTranslations
Korean 후티
- 후티 (huti)Translations
Russian хуситы
- хуситы (xusity)Translations
Spanish hutí, huzí
- hutíTranslations
- huzíTranslations
- hucíTranslations
Thai ฮูตี
- ฮูตีTranslations
Turkish Husi
- HusiTranslations
Ukrainian хусити
- хусити (xusyty)Translations
Urdu حُوثی
- حُوثی (hūsī)Translations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Houthi
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
Houthi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Houthi
MLA
“Houthi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Houthi. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Houthi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Houthi.
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