see|haïr
Image:Weightless hair.jpg|thumb|Hair in a zero-gravity situation.
English

rank|send|peace|glad|570|hair|ran|important|mine

Etymology
wikipedia
ME. term|her|h�r|langenm, term|heer|langenm, term|hær|langenm, AS. term|hǣr|langang from proto|Germanic|haeram.
A cognate of the latter seems to be Lithuanian term|Å¡erys|lang=lt.
From the same Germanic word come, indirectly, Old Frisian term|h�r|langofs, Dutch term|haar|langnl, German term|Haar|langde, Old High German term|h�r|langgoh, Icelandic term|hár|langis and Swedish term|hår|langsv.

Pronunciation
enPR|/hâr/, IPA|/he�/, /heɹ/, SAMPA|/he@/
audio|en-us-hair.ogg|Audio (US)

Homophones
hare

Noun
en-noun|s|- i|but usually in singular

1. context|countable|uncountable A pigmented keratinaceous growth that forms thin spires and grows out from a follicle on the human head, or the collection of them.

#:Quotations
#:Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs. - Chaucer
#:And draweth new delights with hoary hairs. - Spenser
#: Young man, comb your hair at home, not in the classroom.
#: She said she couldn't go out with me Friday - she had to wash her hair.

1. uncountable The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.

#:The hair on a bear makes a warm fur coat.

1. context|zoology|countable A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
2. context|botany|countable A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
3. rfv-sense countable A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
4. obsolete A haircloth. - Chaucer
5. countable Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

#:Just a little louder please - turn that knob a hair to the right.

Translations
trans-top|a pigmented keratinaceous growth on the human head
Arabic: t-|ar|شعر|altش�عر|trsha'r|sc=ARchar
Bosnian: kosa#Bosnian|kosa f i|collective
Bulgarian: t+|bg|ко�а|f|trkosa|scCyrl
Chinese: 头�
Catalan: cabell m
Croatian: kosa f; vlasi f|p
Czech: t-|cs|vlas|m, t-|cs|vlasy|m|p
Danish: t-|da|hår|n
Dutch: t+|nl|haar|n
Esperanto: haro i|individual, hararo i|collection
Ewe: �a
Finnish: t-|fi|hiukset|p, t+|fi|tukka
French: cheveu m i|individual, chevelure f i|collection
Frisian: hier n
German: t+|de|Haar|n
Greek: t+|el|μαλλιά|n|p|trmaliá|scGrek
Hebrew: שער� (seʿ�r�) f
Hindi: t-|hi|बाल|scDeva|xsHindi
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Hungarian: t+|hu|haj
Icelandic: t+|is|hár|n
Indonesian: t+|id|bulu|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: capillo
Italian: t+|it|capello|m
Japanese: 髪�� (����, kaminoke)
Korean: 머리칼 (meorikal), 머리카� (meorikarak)
Kurdish: KUchar|Ù�Ú�
Malay: t-|ms|rambut|xs=Malay
Maltese: t-|mt|xagħar|xs=Maltese
Persian: FAchar|��(mu)
Polish: w�osy i|inanimate pl
Portuguese: t+|pt|cabelo|m
Russian: t+|ru|воло��|p|trvólosy|scCyrl
Serbian: kosa f i|collective, vlas m, pramen m, dlaka f (strand of hair)
Slovene: t-|sl|las|m
Spanish: t+|es|cabello|m
Telugu: t|te|వ����ర��ల�|sc=Telu(vemtrukalu),������ (juTTu)
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trans-top|the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals
Bosnian: t-|bs|dlaka|f
Catalan: pèl m
Croatian: dlaka f i|collection in animals; krzno m i|collection in animals; dlake f|p i|collection in humans
Czech: chlup m i|single, srst f i|collection in animals, ochlupení n (collection in humans)
Danish: t-|da|hår|n
Dutch: t+|nl|haar|n
Esperanto: t-|eo|hararo|xs=Esperanto
Ewe: �a, i|collection in humans, fũ i|collection in animals
Finnish: karvoitus, karvat p
French: t+|fr|poil|m
Frisian: hier n
German: t+|de|Haar|n
Greek: ��ί�ε� (tríkhes) f|p
Hebrew: ש�ער (seʿ�r) m
Hindi: t-|hi|बाल|scDeva|xsHindi
Hungarian: t+|hu|sz�r
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Icelandic: t+|is|hár|n
Indonesian: t-|id|rambut|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: pilo
Italian: t-|it|peli|m|p
Japanese: � (�, ke)
Kurdish: KUchar|ت��ک
Malay: t-|ms|bulu|xs=Malay
Maltese: suf
Polish: w�osy i|inanimate pl
Portuguese: t+|pt|pelo|m
Russian: t+|ru|воло��|p|trvólosy|scCyrl
Serbian: kosa f, krzno m i|collection in animals; dlake f|p i|collection in humans
Slovak: srsť m
Slovene: lasje m, dlaka f
Spanish: t+|es|pelo|m
Telugu: t|te|ర�మాల�|sc=Telu(roomaalu)
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trans-top|One the above-mentioned filaments
Croatian: dlaka f; vlas f i|single human hair filament only
Danish: t-|da|hår|n
Dutch: t+|nl|haar|n
Esperanto: t-|eo|haro|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: karva, jouhi
Frisian: hier n
German: (7)t-|de|Haaresbreite|f
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Greek: ��ί�α (tríkha) f
Hindi: t-|hi|बाल|scDeva|xsHindi
Italian: t+|it|pelo|m
Polish: t+|pl|w�os|m
Russian: t+|ru|воло�|m|trvólos|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|dlaka|f
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ttbc|Albanian: qime f, flok m
ttbc|Basque: ile
ttbc|Breton: blev i|collective
ttbc|Chinese: 头�
ttbc|Guaraní: tague
ttbc|Hawaiian: hulu
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ttbc|Latin: capillus m, crinis
ttbc|Malagasy: volo
ttbc|Maori: huru
ttbc|Marathi: ��स m
ttbc|Pitjantjatjara: uru
ttbc|Romanian: p�r m
ttbc|Sardinian: pilu m
ttbc|Sindhi: SDchar|�ار� (Vaaru) m
ttbc|Slovak: vlasy m
ttbc|Swahili: nywele
ttbc|Tagalog: buhok
ttbc|Tamil: mudi
ttbc|Telugu: వ����ర��ల� (veMTrukalu), ������ (juTTu)
ttbc|Tupinambá: 'aba
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Derived terms
rfc|Someone please make separate entries for the block of derived terms copied over from Webster's
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against the hair
bad hair day
bed hair
facial hair
fair-haired
get in somebody's hair
hair bracket
hairbreadth, hairsbreadth
hair brush, hairbrush
haircare, hair care
hair cells
haircut
hairdo
hairdresser
hair dryer
mid4
hair dye
hair gel
hair glove
hair lace
hairless
hair line, hairline
hair moss
hair moth
hairnet
hair of the dog
hair pencil
hairpiece
hairpin
hair plate
hair powder
mid4
hair-raising
hair seal
hair seating
hair shirt
hair sieve
hair snake
hair space
hairspray, hair spray
hair stroke
hairstyle
hair-trigger
hairy
head of hair
hide nor hair, neither hide nor hair
horsehair
mid4
let one's hair down
make somebody's hair curl
make somebody's hair stand on end
not turn a hair
not worth a hair
part one's hair
pubic hair
put hair on somebody's chest
split hairs
tear one's hair out
to a hair

Related terms
haircut
hairy
hirsute

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