• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌs.ki/

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• Rhymes: -ʌski

From husk +‎ -y; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk".

husky (comparative huskier, superlative huskiest)

1. Of a voice, hoarse and rough-sounding; throaty.
   • 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Search for Mr. Hyde”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 25:

     Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation, he had a displeasing smile, he had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness, and he spoke with a husky, whispering and somewhat broken voice; all these were points against him, but not all of these together could explain the hitherto unknown disgust, loathing and fear with which Mr. Utterson regarded him.

   • 1948, Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Part One, 1:

     Her voice was boy-husky, sounding as though strained through some rough material ...

2. (US, euphemistic) Burly, stout; sometimes as a modifier for boys' clothing sizes that fit a large waist or chest.
   • 1910, Hamlin Garland, Other Main-Travelled Roads:

     You look like a good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard […]

   • 1965, Popular Mechanics, September issue, page 22:

     Word got around quickly that this plane, which has been flying since January, is bigger and huskier than our proposed C-5A […]

3. Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
   • 1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     Some swains have sown before: but most have found
     A husky harvest from the grudging ground.

4. (slang, archaic) Belligerent; hostile and uncooperative.
   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

     “Well, here it is,” said Silver. “We want that treasure, and we’ll have it — that’s our point! You would just as soon save your lives, I reckon; and that’s yours. You have a chart, haven’t you?”
     “That’s as may be,” replied the captain.
     “Oh, well, you have, I know that,” returned Long John. “You needn’t be so husky with a man; there ain’t a particle of service in that, and you may lay to it. What I mean is, we want your chart. Now, I never meant you no harm, myself.”

• huskily
• huskiness

Shortening of husky dog, where husky is ultimately from the same Old Montagnais root as Eskimo.

husky (plural huskies)

1. Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs.

   Synonym: polar dog

   • 2026 January 14, Ben Makuch, “White House post nods to racist, far-right subculture, extremism expert says”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 January 2026:

     The White House posted a cartoon to X on Wednesday of two Greenlandic mush teams with three huskies each, pointing towards the choice of the white pillars and the South Lawn or a tempestuous scene by the Great Wall of China and Red Square in Russia.

• huskie

• husky on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:husky on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦuskɪ]

Borrowed from English husky.

husky m anim

1. husky (breed of dog)

husky

1. (informal) inflection of huska:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

   Synonyms: husy, husičky

< English husky

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑski/, [ˈhɑ̝s̠k̟i]
• IPA^(key): /ˈhuski/, [ˈhus̠k̟i]
• IPA^(key): /ˈhusky/, [ˈhus̠k̟y]
• Rhymes: -ɑski
• Syllabification^(key): hus‧ky
• Hyphenation^(key): hus‧ky

husky

1. husky (dog)

In speech, type 5 (risti) is normally used, giving for instance (with /ˈhɑski/) nominative singular haski, genitive haskin, partitive haskia, nominative plural haskit and genitive plural haskien.

From English husky.

husky m (definite singular huskyen, indefinite plural huskyer, definite plural huskyene)

1. a husky (breed of dog)

• “husky” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From English husky.

husky m (definite singular huskyen, indefinite plural huskyar, definite plural huskyane)

1. husky (breed of dog)

Unadapted borrowing from English husky.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxas.ki/

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• Rhymes: -aski
• Syllabification: hus‧ky

husky m animal (indeclinable)

1. husky (dog)

• “husky”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “husky”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Unadapted borrowing from English husky.

husky m (plural huskies)

1. husky (dog)

• husky siberiano

Unadapted borrowing from English husky.

husky m (plural huskys)

1. husky (dogs)

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.