Translation

hōsu means "Horse" in English.
It's a katakanization, a loan-word.

hōsu is normally written with katakana, as ホース.
hōsu written with hiragana is ほーす.
hōsu does not have kanji.
Romaji hoo su
Katakana
Hiragana

Orthography Notes

Trivia

  • baka 馬鹿 is written with the kanji for "Horse" and "Deer."
  • The word hoosu-reesu ホースレース means "horse race" in Japanese.

Synonyms

Further Reading

Wikipedia: (Horse)
kaba 河馬, yasude 馬陸.