raucous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin raucus (“hoarse, husky, raucous”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɔːkəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɔkəs/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑkəs/

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• Hyphenation: raucous
• Rhymes: -ɔːkəs

Adjective

raucous (comparative more raucous, superlative most raucous)

1. Harsh and rough-sounding.

   At night, raucous sounds come from the swamp.

2. Disorderly and boisterous.

   Acts of vandalism were committed by a raucous gang of drunkards.

   • 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman‎^[1]:

     In a raucous atmosphere, it was an unforgiving and physical contest from the start. Grant Hanley conceded the first free-kick within the opening 20 seconds, setting the tone for a busy and thankless evening for Serbian referee Milorad Mazic.

3. Loud and annoying.

   The new neighbors had a raucous party.

Synonyms

• (disorderly and boisterous): rowdy

Derived terms

• raucously
• raucousness
• unraucous

Translations

harsh and rough-sounding

• Bulgarian: дрезгав (bg) (drezgav), хриплив (bg) (hripliv)
• French: rauque (fr)
• Galician: rouco
• German: rau (de)
• Irish: callánach
• Italian: roco (it), rauco (it)
• Latin: raucus
• Maori: rengarenga, tīhoihoi, pākinakina
• Polish: ochrypły (pl)
• Russian: хри́плый (ru) (xríplyj)
• Turkish: boğuk (tr), nahoş (tr)

disorderly and boisterous

• French: chahuteur (fr), tapageur (fr)
• German: krakeelig, lärmend (de)
• Italian: chiassoso (it), rumoroso (it)
• Maori: tīhoihoi
• Polish: hałaśliwy (pl)
• Russian: бу́йный (ru) (bújnyj), шумли́вый (ru) (šumlívyj)
• Turkish: gürültülü (tr), velveleli

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Translations to be checked

• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} hás (is); rámur

See also

• ruckus

Further reading

• “raucous”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “raucous”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.