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English
Noun
haire (countable and uncountable, plural haires)
- Obsolete spelling of hair.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French haire, from Old French haire, from Frankish *hārijā, related to English hair.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɛʁ/
- Homophones: haires, hère, hères, r (general), air, aire, airent, aires, airs, ère, ères, erre, errent, erres, ers (unaspirated)
Noun
haire f (plural haires)
- hairshirt
Derived terms
Further reading
Irish
Noun
haire
- h-prothesized form of aire
Middle English
Noun
haire
- Alternative form of her (“hair”)
- haircloth
c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Second Nun's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales:She, ful devout and humble in hir corage, / Under hir robe of gold, that sat ful faire, / Hadde next hir flessh yclad hir in an haire.