English Online Dictionary. What means hon? What does hon mean?
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)
- A term of endearment; Honey, sweetheart
- (Southern US) A friendly term of address.
- (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
- (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
- (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)
- 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
- our
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈon]
Adverb
hon
- 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
- (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
- 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)
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
- she
Declension
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̃/
Etymology 1
Imitative.
Interjection
hon
- (dated) Representing laughter; ha, hon
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English hon.
Noun
hon f (plural hons)
- (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)
- (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
- han
Etymology
From Central Franconian hann, from Middle High German haben, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɔn/
Verb
hon
- to have
- (auxiliary, with a past participle) to have (forms the perfect)
Inflection
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Icelandic
Alternative forms
- hún
- hón (archaic)
Etymology
From the archaic form hón.
Pronoun
hon (personal pronoun):
- (archaic) she
Declension
Japanese
Romanization
hon
- 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)
- 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)
- (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)
- Alternative form of honen (“to linger”)
Etymology 3
Preposition
hon
- Alternative form of on
Etymology 4
Numeral
hon
- Alternative form of oon
Pronoun
hon
- Alternative form of oon
Etymology 5
Noun
hon (plural hones)
- 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)
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of hongen
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xoːn/, [hoːn]
Verb
hōn (transitive)
- to hang
- to suspend
Usage notes
- The intransitive equivalent is hangian.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- āhōn
- behōn
- ġehōn
- ymbhōn
Related terms
- henġan
Descendants
- Middle English: hōn, hangen, hongen (merger with hangian)
- English: hang
- Scots: hang
Old French
Noun
hon m
- Alternative form of hom
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
- ᚼᚮᚿ
Etymology
From Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɒ̃ːn/
Pronoun
hōn
- she
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: hon
Rohingya
Etymology
Cognate with Assamese কোন (kün), Hindi कौन (kaun), Romani kon.
Pronoun
hon
- 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
- she; the third-person, singular, feminine pronoun in the nominative case
- 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
- 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
- to have
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *sindos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɔn/
- Rhymes: -ɔn
Determiner
hon f
- (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
- 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
- First person dual subject (medial position)
- we two
- First person plural subject (medial position)
- we (three or more)
Related terms
- ho'na'
- ho'n'aawan