hurrah

English

Alternative forms

• hoorah, hooray, hurra, hurray

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly adopted from German hurra, itself of uncertain origin, or possibly an alteration of huzzah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /həˈɹɑː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Interjection

hurrah

1. Expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness.

Synonyms

• (expression of approval): see Thesaurus:well done
• (expression of joy): see Thesaurus:yay

Derived terms

• hip hip hurrah
• hip-hurrah

 

Translations

expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness

• Armenian: ուռա (hy) (uṙa)
• Asturian: ixuxú
• 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)

Noun

hurrah (plural hurrahs)

1. A cheer; a cry of hurrah!.

Derived terms

• last hurrah

Translations

a cheer; a cry of hurrah

• Finnish: hurraahuuto
• French: hourra (fr) m
• German: Hurra (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἰού (ioú), τήνελλα (tḗnella)

• Italian: urrà m, evviva m
• Maori: hūrē
• Ngarrindjeri: kay hey
• Russian: ура́ (ru) n (urá)
• Spanish: aclamación, bravo, aclamación (es), aclamación (es)
• Swedish: hurra (sv) n

Verb

hurrah (third-person singular simple present hurrahs, present participle hurrahing, simple past and past participle hurrahed)

1. (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^[1]:

     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.

Translations

Translations

• Maori: hūrē