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nounThe quality of being hoarse, of having a dry harsh voice.
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Origin
- Old Englishhāsnes
- Middle Englishhosnesse
- Englishhoarseness
From Middle English hosnesse, from Old English hāsnes; equivalent to hoarse + -ness.
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Ancient Greek βράγχος, κέρχνος
- βράγχος (bránkhos)having dry harsh voice
- κέρχνος (kérkhnos)having dry harsh voice
Arabic بُحَاح
- بُحَاح (buḥāḥ)having dry harsh voice
Catalan ronquera, rogall
- ronquerahaving dry harsh voice
- rogallhaving dry harsh voice
Czech chrapot
- chrapothaving dry harsh voice
Finnish käheys
- käheyshaving dry harsh voice
German Heiserkeit
- Heiserkeithaving dry harsh voice
Icelandic hæsi
- hæsihaving dry harsh voice
Indonesian keserakan, keparauan
- keserakanhaving dry harsh voice
- keparauanhaving dry harsh voice
Irish piachán
- piachánhaving dry harsh voice
Italian arrochimento, raucedine
- arrochimentohaving dry harsh voice
- raucedinehaving dry harsh voice
- rochezzahaving dry harsh voice
- rocagginehaving dry harsh voice
Latin rāvis
- rāvishaving dry harsh voice
Norwegian Bokmål heshet, håshet
- heshethaving dry harsh voice
- håshethaving dry harsh voice
Polish chrypa, chrypka
- chrypahaving dry harsh voice
- chrypkahaving dry harsh voice
Portuguese rouquidão
- rouquidãohaving dry harsh voice
Romanian răgușeală
- răgușealăhaving dry harsh voice
Russian хрипота
- хрипота (xripota)having dry harsh voice
Scottish Gaelic tùchan
- tùchanhaving dry harsh voice
Spanish ronquera, ronquez
- ronquerahaving dry harsh voice
- ronquezhaving dry harsh voice
Swedish heshet
- heshethaving dry harsh voice
Rhymes & wordplay
Sounds the same
horseness (horse–hoarse merger)
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APA
hoarseness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoarseness
MLA
“hoarseness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoarseness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoarseness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoarseness.
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