Meanings
plural hurrahs · alternative hoorah · alternative hooray · alternative hurra · alternative hurray
- A cheer; a cry of hurrah!.
present singular third person hurrahs · participle present hurrahing · participle past hurrahed · past hurrahed · alternative hoorah · alternative hooray · alternative hurra · alternative hurray
- intransitivetransitiveTo give a hurrah (to somebody).
Boys’ basketball boosters say something is missing in the stands at away games, cheerleaders resent not being able to meet their rivals on the road, and even female basketball players being hurrahed are unhappy.
2007 January 14, Winnie Hu, “Equal Cheers for Boys and Girls Draw Some Boos”, in New York TimesSynonyms: cheer on, hurray, huzzah, acclaim, acclamate, applaud, hail, barrack
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo give a hurrah (to somebody).
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Origin
Unknown. Possibly adopted from German hurra, itself of uncertain origin, or possibly an alteration of huzzah.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek εὖγε, εὐαί
- εὖγε (eûge)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- εὐαί (euaí)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- ἰού (ioú)a cheer; a cry of hurrah
- τήνελλα (tḗnella)a cheer; a cry of hurrah
Catalan hurra
- hurraexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Chinese 萬歲 /万岁, 啦
- 萬歲 /万岁 (wànsuì)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- 啦expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Chinese Cantonese 好嘢
- 好嘢 (hou² je⁵)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Chinese Mandarin 好哇
- 好哇 (hǎowā)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Czech hurá
- huráexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Dutch hoera
- hoeraexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Esperanto hura
- huraexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Estonian hurraa, elagu
- hurraaexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- elaguexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Finnish hurraa, eläköön
- hurraaexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- eläköönexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- hurraahuutoa cheer; a cry of hurrah
French hourra, hourra
- hourraexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- hourraa cheer; a cry of hurrah
German hurra, Hurra
- hurraexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- Hurraa cheer; a cry of hurrah
Greek ζήτω, γιούπι
- ζήτω (zíto)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- γιούπι (gioúpi)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- άλα (ála)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- όπα (ópa)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- ώπα (ópa)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- εύγε (évge)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- μπράβο (brávo)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- οπ (op)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Hindi जय हो
- जय हो (jay ho)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Hungarian hurrá
- hurráexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Indonesian hore
- horeexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Italian urrà, evviva
- urràexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- evvivaexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- urràa cheer; a cry of hurrah
- evvivaa cheer; a cry of hurrah
Japanese やった, 万歳
- やった (yatta)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- 万歳 (banzai)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Korean 만세
- 만세 (manse)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Latin euax, iō
- euaxexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- iōexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- eugeexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Malay hore
- horeexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Māori hūrē, hūrē
- hūrēexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- hūrēa cheer; a cry of hurrah
- hūrēTranslations
Persian هورا
- هورا (hurâ)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Polish hura
- huraexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Portuguese urra, oba
- urraexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- obaexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- ebaexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Russian ура́, сла́ва
- ура́ (urá)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- сла́ва (sláva)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- ура́ (urá)a cheer; a cry of hurrah
Scottish Gaelic hò-rò
- hò-ròexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Spanish hurra, bravo
- hurraexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- bravoa cheer; a cry of hurrah
- aclamacióna cheer; a cry of hurrah
- broche de oroa cheer; a cry of hurrah
- esfuerzoa cheer; a cry of hurrah
Swedish hurra, hurra
- hurraexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- hurraa cheer; a cry of hurrah
Thai ไชโย
- ไชโย (chai-yoo)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Ukrainian ура́, сла́ва
- ура́ (urá)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- сла́ва (sláva)expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Vietnamese hoan hô, vạn tuế
- hoan hôexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- vạn tuếexpressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hurrah
All rhymes →Cite this entry
hurrah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hurrah
“hurrah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hurrah. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hurrah,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hurrah.
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