hooray

English

Alternative forms

• hurray, hurrah, huzzah, hoorah

Etymology

Unknown, first attested in the late 17th c. Possible etymologies:

• Alteration of huzzah. This is however questionable.
• From hurra in German, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian, húrra in Icelandic, hoera in Dutch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /həˈɹeɪ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

Interjection

hooray

1. Used to express approval, joy or victory.

   Lizzie has broken a world record, and she is now an Olympic medallist! – Hooray!

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• boo-hooray
• hip hip hooray
• hooray for Hollywood

Translations

elated expression of approval

Asturian: ixuxú, viva (ast) Bulgarian: ура́ (urá) Chinese: Mandarin: 好哇 (zh) (hǎowā), 萬歲 / 万岁 (zh) (wànsuì) Czech: hurá (cs) Dutch: hoera (nl) Esperanto: hura (eo) Finnish: hurraa (fi) French: hourra ! Galician: viva! (gl) Georgian: ურა (ura), ვაშა (vaša) German: hurra! Greek: Ancient Greek: ἀλαλαί (alalaí), ἰή (iḗ) Hebrew: הידד! (heidad!) Icelandic: húrra! Ingrian: urraa Irish: abú Italian: urrà, evviva Japanese: やった (yatta), 万歳 (ja) (ばんざい, banzai) Kazakh: алақай (alaqai) Korean: 만세(萬歲) (ko) (manse) Latin: euge Lithuanian: valio Maori: hūrē Norwegian: hurra Polish: hura (pl) Portuguese: viva! (pt) Russian: ура́ (ru) (urá), сла́ва (ru) (sláva) Scottish Gaelic: hò-rò! Spanish: ¡hurra!, ¡viva!, olé (es) Swedish: hurra (sv) Turkish: hurra (tr) Ukrainian: ура́ (urá), сла́ва (uk) (sláva) Vietnamese: hoan hô (vi), vạn tuế (vi) (萬歲)

Noun

hooray (plural hoorays)

1. A shout to signify victory.
2. An expression of excitement.
3. (UK, colloquial, derogatory) Ellipsis of Hooray Henry.
   • 2017 November 26, Kevin Rushby, “Caribbean dream: mixing it up in the Grenadines”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The Caribbean isn’t just for minor royals and hedge-fund hoorays. […] But the hurricanes had not struck the southern Caribbean (they rarely do), and the hedge fund hoorays were clearly confined to Mustique.

Translations

a shout to signify victory

Galician: viva (gl) German: Hurra (de) n Norwegian: hurra n Portuguese: viva (pt) m Swedish: hurrarop n

an expression of excitement

Dutch: hoera (nl) Galician: viva! (gl) German: Hurra (de) n Maori: hūrē, hūrē Norwegian: hurra n Portuguese: viva (pt) m Swedish: hurra (sv) n, hurrarop n

Verb

hooray (third-person singular simple present hoorays, present participle hooraying, simple past and past participle hoorayed)

1. To shout an expression of excitement.

Synonyms

• hurrah

Translations

to shout an expression of excitement

German: Hurra rufen Maori: hūrē, hūrē Norwegian: rope hurra Portuguese: vivar (pt) Swedish: hurra (sv)

Anagrams

• yarooh