haras

From Middle English haras, from Old French haraz, probably from Old Norse.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɹəs/, /aˈɹɑː/

haras (plural haras)

1. (archaic) An establishment that breeds horses; a stud farm.
2. (obsolete) A herd of stud horses; a harras.

• Sahar, Sarah, haars

Inherited from Middle French haraz, from Old French haraz, probably from Old Norse hárr (“grey-haired”).

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.ʁa/ ~ /a.ʁɑ/

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haras m (plural haras)

1. stud farm (establishment for selectively breeding horses)

• → Portuguese: haras

• “haras”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

harās

1. accusative plural of hara

• harace, hares, haresse, harras, harres, harresse

From Old French haraz, itself possibly from Old Norse.

haras

1. stud farm (establishment for breeding horses)
2. herd of stud horses

• English: haras, harras
• Scots: haryage

• “haras, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

haras m (plural haras)

1. alternative form of haraz
   • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:

     comme nous assignons au haras les bestes qui sont de moindre estime.

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haras

1. snake

Borrowed from French haras, from Middle French haraz, from Old French haraz.

• Rhymes: -aɾɐs, -aɾɐʃ
• Hyphenation: ha‧ras
• Homophone: aras

haras m (invariable)

1. stud farm; haras (ranch where horses are kept for breeding)

   Synonym: coudelaria

• “haras”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “haras”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “haras”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “haras”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

haras

1. snake