• (America) enPR: hōrs, IPA: /hɔɹs/
• (RP) IPA: /hɔːs/
• (rhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /ho(ː)ɹs/
• (nonrhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /hoəs/

hoarse (comparative hoarser, superlative hoarsest)

1. Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.
   • 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 1, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473 ↗:

     I am old and my voice is hoarse […]

• French: enroué
• German: heiser
• Italian: rauco, atono
• Portuguese: rouco
• Russian: хри́плый
• Spanish: ronco, afónico