hourra
French, noun/u.ʁa/
hourra is spelled H-O-U-R-R-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,716th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hourra is a French masculine noun meaning “hurrah” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cri d’acclamation”.
What does hourra mean in English?
interjection
- 1
hurrah
noun
- 1
masculinehurrah
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cri d’acclamation. 2. Acclamation pour accueillir un souverain, un général, un amiral, un grand personnage, un orateur, etc. 3. Acclamation poussée en l’honneur de quelqu’un. 4. Cri de certaines troupes étrangères, russes notamment, montant à l'assaut ou engageant une action.
interjection: 1. Exclamation exprimant la joie ou servant à acclamer quelqu’un.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hourra
- hourras plural
- ^((h aspiré))\u.ʁa\ singular plural
- hourrah
- hurrah
- houzée
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hourra?
- /u.ʁa/
- ^((h aspiré))\u.ʁa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hourra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hourra in French?
hourra appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).