hon

See also Hon, Hon., hón, hôn, and hồn

English

Alternative forms

• hun

Etymology

Shortened from honey.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hŭn, IPA: /hʌn/, X-SAMPA: /hVn/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: Hun

Noun

hon (used only in the vocative)

1. Honey, sweetheart (used as a term of endearment).

Anagrams

• noh, Noh, NOH

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Breton

Pronoun

hon

1. our

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Czech

Noun

hon m

1. hunt, chase

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.

Related terms

• honit

See also

• lov

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Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [hoːn]

Pronoun

hon

1. she

Declension

Personal pronouns - Persónsfornøvn
Singular (eintal)	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative (hvørfall)	eg	tú	hann	hon	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	meg	teg		hana
Dative (hvørjumfall)	mær	tær	honum	henni	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	mín	tín	hansara	hennara	tess
Plural (fleirtal)	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative (hvørfall)	vit	tit	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	okkum	tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall)			teimum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	okkara	tykkara	teirra

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the archaic honn (“at home”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhon/

Noun

hon (plural honok)

1. home, homeland, fatherland

Declension

declension of hon singular plural nominative hon honok accusative hont honokat dative honnak honoknak instrumental honnal honokkal causal-final honért honokért translative honná honokká terminative honig honokig essive-formal honként honokként essive-modal - - inessive honban honokban superessive honon honokon adessive honnál honoknál illative honba honokba sublative honra honokra allative honhoz honokhoz elative honból honokból delative honról honokról ablative hontól honoktól

possessives of hon possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. honom honaim 2nd person sing. honod honaid 3rd person sing. hona honai 1st person plural honunk honaink 2nd person plural honotok honaitok 3rd person plural honuk honaik

Synonyms

• haza

Derived terms

• honlap
• hontalan
• honvágy
• honvéd

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Icelandic

Alternative forms

• hún
• hón (archaic)

Pronoun

hon (personal pronoun):

1. (archaic) she

Declension

  Icelandic personal pronouns

Icelandic personal pronouns
singular	first person	second person	third person masculine	third person feminine	third person neuter
nominative	ég, eg†, ek†	þú	hann	hún, hon†, hón†	það, þat†
accusative	mig, mik†	þig, þik†	hann	hana	það, þat†
dative	mér	þér	honum, hánum†	henni	því
genitive	mín	þín	hans	hennar	þess
plural	first person	second person	third person masculine	third person feminine	third person neuter
nominative	við	þið, þit†	þeir	þær	þau
accusative	okkur	ykkur	þá	þær	þau
dative	okkur	ykkur	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	okkar	ykkar	þeirra	þeirra	þeirra

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Japanese

Romanization

hon

1. See ほん

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Old English

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *hanhaną.

Verb

hōn (strong class VII) (3 singular present hēhþ, 3 singular preterite hēng, preterite plural hēngon, past participle hangen)

1. to hang
2. to suspend

Conjugation

Conjugation of hon (strong class VII)

indicative	present	preterite
1st-person singular	hō	hēng
2nd-person singular	hēhst	hēnge
3rd-person singular	hēhþ	hēng
plural	hōþ	hēngon
subjunctive	present	preterite
singular	hō	hēnge
plural	hōn	hēngen
imperative
singular	hōh
plural	hōþ
participle	present	past
		hangen

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Old French

Noun

hon m (oblique plural hons, nominative singular hons, nominative plural hon)

1. Alternative form of hom.

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hón.

Pronoun

hōn

1. she

Descendants

• Swedish: hon

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Rohingya

Etymology

Compare Romani kon.

Pronoun

hon

1. who

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hʊn/

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Pronoun

hon

1. she

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

	subject	object	possessive
singular	full	full	common	neuter	plural
1st person	jag	mig	min	mitt	mina
2nd person	du	dig	din	ditt	dina
3rd person masculine	han	honom	hans
3rd person feminine	hon	henne	hennes
3rd person common	den	den	dess
3rd person neuter	det	det	dess
3rd person indefinite	man	en	ens
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina
plural
1st person	vi	oss	vår	vårt	våra
2nd person	ni	er	er	ert	era
3rd person	de	dem	deras
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina

Noun

hon

1. definite singular of ho