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herra

1. hatred

Borrowed from Old Norse herra, from Old Saxon hērro, from Old High German hērro, the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”) (German hehr), by analogy with Latin senior (“elder”). Cognates include Danish herre, Norwegian herre, Swedish herre, Icelandic herra, Dutch heer, German Herr. The Old High German word originally meant "grey, grey-haired", and descends from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), making it cognate with Old English hār (English hoar), Old Norse hárr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈherːɑ/, [ˈhe̞rːɑ̝]

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• Rhymes: -erːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): her‧ra

herra

1. Mister (polite title for an adult man)

   Herra Virtanen, voinko puhua kanssanne?

   Mister Virtanen, may I speak with you?

2. sir (polite form of address to a man, often preceded by hyvä)

   Anteeksi, herra... ― Excuse me, Sir...

   Hyvät herrat! ― Gentlemen!

3. gentleman (honourable or sophisticated man)

   Ovesta astui sisään kolme hienoa herraa.

   Three smart gentlemen stepped in the door.

4. lord, master (person having authority over someone or something)

   kartanon herra ― lord of the manor

   Sormusten herra ― Lord of the Rings

   oman itsensä herra ― master of oneself

   Kärpästen herra ― Lord of the flies

5. (informal) a member of the ruling or upper class, a person of authority; (in the plural) the ruling or upper class, the mighty, people in authority (no exact English translation, definitely not any with the same nuance)

   herrojen herkku ― delicacy (only) for the rich (because only they can afford it)

   herrojen metkuja ― antics of the ruling class

   elää herroiksi ― to live like a lord / to live like a king

6. (religion) Alternative letter-case form of Herra (“Lord”)

• “herra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

From Old Norse herra, from Old Saxon hērro, from Old Dutch hēriro, Old High German hērro, the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”) (German hehr), by analogy with Latin senior (“elder”). Cognates include Danish, Norwegian and Swedish herre, Dutch heer, German Herr. The Old High German word originally meant “grey, grey-haired”, and descends from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), making it cognate with Old English hār (English hoar), Old Norse hárr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛrːa/

  Rhymes: -ɛrːa

herra m (genitive singular herra, nominative plural herrar)

1. lord, master
2. the Lord (God)
3. an honorific title for a bishop; Lord
4. an honorific title for a noble; Lord
5. an honorific title for the highest state officials, now especially the president, but also a sýslumaður (the local official of the state in each sýsla), ambassador, etc.; Excellency
6. mister (general honorific for a man, especially in writing; usually abbreviated: hr.)
7. a general deferential form of address to a male; sir
8. gentleman (general polite term for a male)

   dömur mínar og herrar

   Ladies and gentlemen.

Used as an honorific title (prenominally or on its own) for bishops and for the president of Iceland (also, especially historically, for some other dignitaries). Also used as a general courtesy title for men, equivalent to English mister, but then primarily in formal written correspondence and abbreviated hr. However, when it is used as an honorific title for bishops, presidents, etc., it should never be abbreviated. The equivalent female title is frú (in both contexts).

• andlangs herra
• dömur mínar og herrar
• herramaður

• (archaic) herri

herra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative herraði, supine herrað)

1. (transitive) to knight or bestow nobility on
2. (transitive) to confer on someone the dignity of herra, allow someone to be called herra
3. (transitive) to address or refer to as herra (as should be done to bishops, etc.)

From Old Norse herra. Related to Finnish herra and Estonian härra.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈherːɑ/, [ˈhe̞rː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈherːɑ/, [ˈhe̞rːɑ]
• Rhymes: -erː, -erːɑ
• Hyphenation: her‧ra

herra

1. mister
2. lord, master
   • 1916, V. Alava, quoting Vögla, “1946. Soikkola, Suija. V I 1903”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot‎, volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 1-2:

     Herra viekas venäläin // Hypitti heposiiaa.

     The cunning Russian lord // Let his horses jump.

• frovva (“lady, mistress”)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 58

From Arabic هَرَّأَ (harraʔa).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːr.ra/

herra (imperfect jherri, past participle mherri, verbal noun therrija)

1. (transitive) to wear out; to cause to deteriorate gradually
2. (transitive) to tire; to exhaust (a person)

From (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

herra f

1. rudeness, roughness

Adjectival form is constructed with bil, i.e. bil-herra.

1. Keċċini barra bil-herra. ― He kicked me out rudely.

• herri

From Old Saxon hērro, from Old Dutch hēriro, Old High German hērro, the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”) (German hehr), by analogy with Latin senior (“elder”).[1] The Old High German word originally meant "grey, grey-haired", and descends from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), making it cognate with Old English hār (English hoar), Old Norse hárr.

herra m

1. mister, gentleman
2. sir

• Icelandic: herra, herri
• Faroese: harra, harri
• Norwegian Bokmål: herre
• Norwegian Nynorsk: herre
• Old Swedish: härra
  • Swedish: herre
• Danish: herre
• Gutnish: herre
• → Finnish: herra
• → Ingrian: herra
• → Ukrainian: гарний (harnyj)

herra

1. (transitive) to confer with the title of "herra" upon a person

• “herra”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press