havre

See also: Havre and hâvre

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hafri, from Proto-Germanic *habrô, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish havre, English haver (dialect), German Hafer (from Low German), Dutch haver. Derived from the noun *hafraz (he-goat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /havrə/, [ˈhɑwʁɐ]

Noun

havre c (singular definite havren, not used in plural form)

  1. (botany) oats (Avena sativa)

Declension

Declension of havre
common
gender
singular
indefinite definite
nominative havre havren
genitive havres havrens

Derived terms

References

French

Etymology

Via Middle French, from Middle Dutch havene, from Old Dutch *havana, from Proto-West Germanic *habanu or more probably from Old Danish *hafn (Danish havn), from Old Norse hǫfn (haven), from Proto-Germanic *habnō. Cognate with English haven.

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /avʁ/ ~ /ɑvʁ/
  • Rhymes: -avʁ
  • Homophones: havrent, havres

Noun

havre m (plural havres)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) harbour (UK, Ireland, and the Commonwealth) / harbor (US)
  2. haven

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Spanish: abra
    • English: abra
    • Tagalog: abra

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hafri.

Noun

havre m (definite singular havren, uncountable)

  1. oats, Avena sativa

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hafri.

Noun

havre m (definite singular havren, uncountable)

  1. oats, Avena sativa

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hafri, from Proto-Germanic *habrô, from Proto-Indo-European *kapro-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²hɑːvrɛ/

Noun

havre c

  1. oat (cereal grass)
    odla havre
    grow oats
  2. oats (seeds of the oat)

Declension

Declension of havre
nominative genitive
singular indefinite havre havres
definite havren havrens
plural indefinite
definite

Derived terms

See also

References

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