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English
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Etymology
Unknown. Possibly adopted from German hurra, itself of uncertain origin, or possibly an alteration of huzzah.
Pronunciation
Interjection
hurrah
- Expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness.
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expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness
- Armenian: ուռա (hy) (uṙa)
- Belarusian: ура́ (urá), сла́ва (sláva)
- Chinese: 萬歲／万岁 (zh) (wànsuì), 啦 (zh) (used in 啦啦隊／啦啦队 (lālāduì))
- Cantonese: 好嘢 (hou2 je5)
- Mandarin: 好哇 (zh) (hǎowā)
- Czech: hurá (cs)
- Dutch: hoera (nl)
- Esperanto: hura (eo)
- Estonian: hurraa, elagu
- Finnish: hurraa (fi), eläköön (fi)
- French: hourra (fr)
- Georgian: ურა (ura), ვაშა (vaša)
- German: hurra (de)
- Greek: ζήτω (el) (zíto), γιούπι (el) (gioúpi), άλα (el) (ála), όπα (el) (ópa), ώπα (el) (ópa), εύγε (el) (évge), μπράβο (el) (brávo), οπ (el) (op)
- Ancient: (expressing approval) εὖγε (eûge)
- Hindi: जय हो (jay ho)
- Hungarian: hurrá (hu)
- Indonesian: hore (id)
- Italian: urrà, evviva
- Japanese: やった (yatta), 万歳 (ja) (ばんざい, banzai)
- Khmer: ជយោ (km) (cĕəʼyoo)
- Korean: 만세(萬歲) (ko) (manse)
- Latin: (expressing happiness) euax, ēvax, iō; (expressing approval) euge
- Malay: hore
- Maori: hūrē
- Ngarrindjeri: kay hey
- Persian: هورا (fa) (hurâ)
- Polish: hura (pl)
- Portuguese: urra, oba (pt), eba
- Russian: ура́ (ru) (urá), сла́ва (ru) (sláva)
- Scottish Gaelic: hò-rò
- Spanish: hurra (es)
- Swedish: hurra (sv)
- Thai: ไชโย (th) (chai-yoo)
- Ukrainian: ура́ (urá), сла́ва (uk) (sláva)
- Vietnamese: hoan hô (vi), vạn tuế (vi) (萬歲)
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Noun
hurrah (plural hurrahs)
- A cheer; a cry of hurrah!.
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Verb
hurrah (third-person singular simple present hurrahs, present participle hurrahing, simple past and past participle hurrahed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To give a hurrah (to somebody).
2007 January 14, Winnie Hu, “Equal Cheers for Boys and Girls Draw Some Boos”, in New York Times: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.
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