hound

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
2. Any canine animal.
3. (broadly) Someone who seeks something.
4. (broadly) A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women.
5. A despicable person.
6. A houndfish.

Verb

1. (transitive) To persistently harass doggedly.
2. (transitive) To urge on against; to set (dogs) upon in hunting.

Sinonieme

dog

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hunting dog

pursue

chase

harass

canine

follow

hunt

setter

gun dog

foxhound

trace

trouble

canid

tyrannize

harry

heel

hector

hound dog

coerce

intimidate

compel

menace

mongrel

blackguard

pester

bloodhound

bludgeon

pointer

pooch

pressure

dragoon

bother

bounder

bait

retriever

browbeat

force

bully

cad

terrier

terrorize

torment

running dog

tool of another person

deer-hound

K-9

bull huss

flake catfish

greate-spotted dogfish

Vertalings

chien de chasse

Jagdhund

chien

🐕

köpek

🐕

Hund

🐕

cane

🐕

σκύλος

hond

🐕

cão

🐕

canis

🐕

perro

🐕

bracco

κυνηγόσκυλο

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/haʊnd/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: hound

Geërf van Old English: hund

Verwante met Fries: hûn

Verwante met Nederlands: hond

Verwante met Luxemburgs: Hond

Verwante met Duits: Hund

Verwante met Deens: hund

Verwante met Faroëes: hundur

Verwante met Yslands: hundur

Verwante met Boeknoors: hund

Verwante met Nuwe Noors: hund

Verwante met Sweeds: hund

Verwante met Letties: sùnt-ene

Verwante met Old Irish: cú

Verwante met Tokharian B: ku

Verwante met Litaus: šuõ

Verwante met Armeens: շուն

Verwante met Russies: сука

Geërf van Middle English: hounden

Geërf van Middle English: hownde

In summary

From Middle English hound, from Old English hund, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from pre-Germanic *ḱuntós (compare Latvian sùnt-ene (“big dog”), enlargement of Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Doublet of canine.
In 14th-century England, hound was the general word for all domestic canines, and dog referred to a subtype resembling the modern mastiff and bulldog. By the 16th century, dog had become the general word, and hound had begun to refer only to breeds used for hunting.