hoarseness - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English hosnesse, from Old English hāsnes; equivalent to hoarse + -ness.
hoarseness (usually uncountable, plural hoarsenesses)
- The quality of being hoarse, of having a dry harsh voice.
- Synonym: (medical) dysphonia
The hoarseness of her voice was caused by years of smoking.
having dry harsh voice
- Arabic: بُحَاح m (buḥāḥ)
- Catalan: ronquera f, rogall (ca) m
- Czech: chrapot (cs) m
- Finnish: käheys (fi)
- Galician: rouquén f
- German: Heiserkeit (de) f
- Greek:
- Icelandic: hæsi (is) f
- Indonesian: keserakan, keparauan
- Irish: piachán m
- Italian: arrochimento m, raucedine (it) f, rochezza f, rocaggine f
- Latin: rāvis f
- Middle English: hosnesse
- Norwegian:
- Old English: hāsnes
- Polish: chrypa (pl) f, chrypka (pl) f
- Portuguese: rouquidão f
- Romanian: răgușeală (ro) f
- Scottish Gaelic: tùchan m
- Spanish: ronquera (es) f, ronquez (es) f
- Swedish: heshet (sv) c