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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hause

/hɔːs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
hause
IPA
/hɔːs/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of hawse.

Obsolete

noun

A col, a lower neck or ridge between two peaks: a mountain pass.

name

A surname.

Etymology

A variant, like hawse (“part of a vessel's bow containing hawseholes”), of Middle English halse (“neck”); see hawse for more.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /hɔːs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

hauses (plural)

Homonyms

hoss

Rhymes With

house in-house mouse spouse klaus strauss blouse grouse rouse gauss haus kraus

Questions

How do you pronounce hause?
The recorded pronunciation is /hɔːs/.
What does hause mean?
Obsolete form of hawse.
Where does hause come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce hause

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