hon

hon

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English

Etymology 1

Shortened from honey.

The transgender slang sense derives from the supposedly abundant use of "hon" as a term of address by older male-to-female transgender people, presumably as a way to verbally affect a femininity they are otherwise perceived by some to lack (due to not passing well), and is especially associated with the cliché phrase "you look great, hon". Derogatory sense likely came about from users of 4chan's /lgbt/ board mocking the discourse on transgender forum Susan's Place.

Alternative forms

  • hun

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hŭn, IPA(key): /hʌn/
  • (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): /hʊn/
  • Rhymes: -ʌn
  • Homophones: hun, Hun

Noun

hon (plural hons)

  1. A term of endearment; Honey, sweetheart
    1. (Southern US) A friendly term of address.
  3. (4chan /lgbt/ slang, derogatory, offensive) A trans woman who does not pass; a clocky trans woman.
    Antonym: passoid
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

The laugh probably originated as a parody of French singer and actor Maurice Chevalier (1888–1972) who was noted for his strong accent in English, and does not represent a typical French laugh. The stereotype was popularized in Internet memes in the mid-2000s and 2010s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔ̃/

Interjection

hon

  2. (humorous) Representing a stereotypical French laugh.

Etymology 3

Clipping of come on with devoicing of /m/. Compare c'mon.

Alternative forms

  • 'hon, h'on

Pronunciation

  • (Ireland) IPA(key): /hmɒn/, /hɒn/, [m̥ɑn]
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Interjection

hon

  1. (Ireland, slang); (typically) cheering a sports team, especially a GAA team; exhortation or encouragement come on; congratulations well done, bravo.
    • 2016 August 17, Jennifer Dollard "Seagulls cover Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage'" Today FM:
      We're not normally impressed by this kind of stuff but h'on the lads! This is pretty good.

Etymology 4

Noun

hon (plural hons)

  1. Alternative form of hoon (“Indian gold coin”)

References

Anagrams

  • NOH, Noh, noh, ohn

Breton

Etymology

Compare Welsh ein. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ̃n/

Determiner

hon

  1. our

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈon]

Adverb

hon

  1. Archaic form of on.

Further reading

  • “hon” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chinese

Etymology

Clipping of English honours degree.

Pronunciation

Noun

hon

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, education) (classification of) honours degree
    first hon畢業／first hon毕业 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  first on1 bat1 jip6 [Jyutping]  ―  to graduate with a first-class honour degree
    冇hon [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  mou5 on1 [Jyutping]  ―  [degree] without honours classification

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech hon, from Proto-Slavic *gonъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gánas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰónos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦon]

Noun

hon m inan

  1. hunt, chase
    hon na lišku ― fox hunt

Usage notes

  • While lov may refer to any kind of hunting, hon refers only to those which involve chasing such as of ducks or fox.

Declension

Related terms

See also

Further reading

  • “hon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “hon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “hon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō. Cognate with Icelandic hún, Danish hun and Norwegian Bokmål hun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hoːn]

Pronoun

hon

  1. she

Declension

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ̃/

Etymology 1

Imitative.

Interjection

hon

  1. (dated) Representing laughter; ha, hon

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hon.

Noun

hon f (plural hons)

  2. (4chan /lgbt/ slang, derogatory, offensive) hon

References

  • “hon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Etymology

From the archaic honn (“at home”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhon]
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

hon (plural honok)

  1. (literary) home, homeland, fatherland
    Synonym: haza

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • (homeland): hon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (alternative form of honn (“at home”, rare, archaic)): hon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • honn (Altenhofen spelling)

Etymology

    From Central Franconian han, from Middle High German hān, from Old High German habēn, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.

    Cognate with German haben, Luxembourgish hunn and Pennsylvania German hawwe.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈhɔn/
    • Rhymes: -ɔn
    • Syllabification: hon

    Verb

    hon

    1. to have
    2. (auxiliary, with a past participle) to have (forms the perfect)

    Inflection

    Related terms

    References

    Icelandic

    Alternative forms

    • hún
    • hón (archaic)

    Etymology

    From the archaic form hón.

    Pronoun

    hon (personal pronoun):

    1. (archaic) she

    Declension

    Japanese

    Romanization

    hon

    1. Rōmaji transcription of ほん

    Malay

    Etymology

    From English horn.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈhon/ [ˈhon]

    Noun

    hon (Jawi spelling هون, plural hon-hon, informal 1st possessive honku, 2nd possessive honmu, 3rd possessive honnya)

    1. automobile horn
      Synonym: klakson (Indonesian)

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • “hon” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

    Middle English

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Middle Irish úain (“time”), from Old Irish úan (“loan”), from oidid (“to lend”). Compare Irish uain (“loan, time, leisure”), Scottish Gaelic on, oin (“loan, laziness”).

    Alternative forms

    • one, hoyne, hune

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /hoːn/
    • (Northern) IPA(key): /hyːn/

    Noun

    hon (uncountable)

    1. (Northern, North Midland) delay, hesitation
    Derived terms
    • honen
    Descendants
    • Scots: hune

    References

    • “họ̄ne, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    hon (third-person singular simple present honeth, present participle honende, honynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle honed)

    1. Alternative form of honen (“to linger”)

    Etymology 3

    Preposition

    hon

    1. Alternative form of on

    Etymology 4

    Numeral

    hon

    1. Alternative form of oon

    Pronoun

    hon

    1. Alternative form of oon

    Etymology 5

    Noun

    hon (plural hones)

    1. Alternative form of hond

    Etymology 6

    Verb

    hon (third-person singular simple present hoþ, present participle honde, first-/third-person singular past indicative heng, past participle ihon)

    1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of hongen

    Old English

    Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /xoːn/, [hoːn]

    Verb

    hōn (transitive)

    1. to hang
    2. to suspend

    Usage notes

    • The intransitive equivalent is hangian.

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    • āhōn
    • behōn
    • ġehōn
    • ymbhōn

    Related terms

    • henġen

    Descendants

    • Middle English: hōn, hangen, hongen (merger with hangian)
      • English: hang
      • Scots: hang

    Old French

    Noun

    hon m

    1. Alternative form of hom

    Old Swedish

    Alternative forms

    • ᚼᚮᚿ

    Etymology

    From Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /hɒ̃ːn/

    Pronoun

    hōn

    1. she

    Declension

    Descendants

    • Swedish: hon

    Rohingya

    Etymology

    Cognate with Assamese কোন (kün), Hindi कौन (kaun), Romani kon.

    Pronoun

    hon

    1. who

    Swedish

    Etymology 1

    From Old Swedish hōn, from Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō (compare *ainaz). Cognate with Icelandic hún, Danish hun and Norwegian Bokmål hun.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /hʊn/, [hʊnː]
    • Rhymes: -ʊn

    Pronoun

    hon

    1. she; the third-person, singular, feminine pronoun in the nominative case
    2. it (for certain nouns that were feminine in Old Swedish)
    Declension

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /huːn/
    • Rhymes: -uːn

    Noun

    hon

    1. definite singular of ho

    References

    • hon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
    • hon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
    • hon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

    Vilamovian

    Etymology

    From Middle High German haben, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    hon

    1. to have

    Welsh

    Etymology

    From Proto-Celtic *sindos. Compare hyn (“these”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /hɔn/
    • Rhymes: -ɔn

    Determiner

    hon f

    1. (formal) (in conjunction with the definite article y) this

    Usage notes

    • Refers to grammatically feminine singular nouns, hwn (“this”) being the masculine singular and hyn (“this”) the (masculine and feminine) plural equivalents.
    • In informal language, hon as a determiner is replaced with yma (“there”) used in conjunction with the definite article y, or in some southern dialects with the definite article and hyn.
      (formal) y ddadl hon ― this debate
      = (informal) y ddadl 'ma
      = (South Wales, informal) y ddadl hyn
      (formal) yr eiliad hon ― this second
      = (informal) yr eiliad 'ma
      = (South Wales, informal) yr eiliad hyn

    Pronoun

    hon f

    1. this

    Usage notes

    • Refers to grammatically feminine singular nouns, hwn (“this”) being the masculine singular equivalent. In addition, hyn (“this”) is used nonreferentially, for example, when talking about a general situation, action or event, rather than any particular noun.

    Related terms

    • hwn (“this”); hyn (“this; these”)
    • hwnna, honna, hynna, hwnnw, honno (“that”); hynny (“that; those”)
    • y rhain (“these”)
    • y rheina, y rheini, y rheiny (“those”)

    References

    • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

    Zuni

    Pronoun

    hon

    1. First person dual subject (medial position)
      we two
    2. First person plural subject (medial position)
      we (three or more)

    Related terms

    • ho'na'
    • ho'n'aawan

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