hon

Shortened from honey.

• hun

• enPR: hŭn, IPA^(key): /hʌn/

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• Homophone: Hun

hon

1. (used only to address someone) honey, sweetheart (used as a term of endearment)

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

• 'hon, h'on

• IPA^(key): [m̥ɑn] , IPA^(key): /hmɒn/ , IPA^(key): /hɒn/

hon

1. (Ireland, slang); (typically) cheering a sports team, especially a GAA team; exhortation or encouragement come on; congratulations well done, bravo
   • 2013 September 9, Rosita Boland "Feelings of relief and anti-climax in Ennis car park" The Irish Times

     “Hon the Banner!” is the single-minded mantra being roared everywhere else.

   • 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.

   • 2017 March 16, Amy O'Connor "GQ did a swanky photoshoot in loads of Dublin pubs with the star of Beauty and the Beast" Daily Edge:

     To coincide with the film’s release, GQ recently enlisted the actor to take part in a photoshoot in some of Dublin’s most beloved pubs. ... Hon Dublin!

   • 2017 April 7, Johnny Watterson, John O'Sullivan, "Liveblog: US Masters: Day One" The Irish Times:

     22:23 BIRDIE: Lowry (-2) can't find the bottom of the cup with his eagle putt but taps in for birdie. Hon the Offalyman. He's one behind the leaders, McGirt and Hoffman

• NOH, Noh, noh, ohn

hon

1. our

hon

1. Archaic form of on.

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦon]

hon m

1. hunt, chase

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

• honit

• lov

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

• IPA^(key): [hoːn]

hon

1. she

From the archaic honn (“at home”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈhon]

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hon (plural honok)

1. home, homeland, fatherland

• haza

• honi
• hontalan

(Compound words):

• honfi
• honfoglalás
• honlap
• honvágy
• honvéd
• honvédelem

From Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn.

• IPA^(key): /hɔn/

hon

1. to have

   Ich hon en groses Haus.

   I have a big house.

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

• hún
• hón (archaic)

hon (personal pronoun):

1. (archaic) she

hon

1. Rōmaji transcription of ほん

From Proto-Germanic *hanhaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːn/

hōn (3 singular present hēhþ, 3 singular preterite hēng, preterite plural hēngon, past participle ġehangen)

1. to hang
2. to suspend

• āhōn
• behōn
• ġehōn
• ymbhōn

• Middle English: hōn, hangen, hongen
  • English: hang

hon m

1. Alternative form of hom

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

hōn

1. she

• Swedish: hon

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

hon

1. who

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

• IPA^(key): /hʊn/

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hon

1. she; the third-person, singular, feminine pronoun in the nominative case

   Hon är mycket vacker.

   She is very beautiful.

2. it (for certain nouns that were feminine in Old Swedish)

   Vad är hon?

   What (time) is it?

   Går hon bra?

   Is it (the car) working all right?

hon

1. definite singular of ho

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hon

1. to have

• IPA^(key): /hɔn/

hon f (masculine hwn, neuter hyn)

1. this

• honno

hon

1. First person dual subject (medial position)

   we two

2. First person plural subject (medial position)

   we (three or more)

• ho'na'
• ho'n'aawan