Hart
Pronunciation
- RP IPA: /hÉ‘Ët/
- Rhymes: -É‘Ë(r)t
- Homophones: heart
Origin 1
Middle English hert, from Old English heorot ("stag"), from Proto-Germanic *herutaz (compare Dutch hert, German Hirsch, Danish/Swedish hjort), from Pre-Germanic *k̑erudo, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóru ("horn").
Related terms
- hind the female
Origin 2
See heart
Noun
hart
(plural harts)- Obsolete spelling of heart
- Shakespeare Hamlet|I, scene i:For this reliefe much thanks, tis bitter cold, and I am Å¿ick at hart.