hobby

See also: Hobby

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒbi
• IPA^(key): /ˈhɒ.bi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑ.bi/

• Audio (UK)

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Etymology 1

Shortened from hobby-horse, from Middle English hoby, hobyn, hobin (“small horse, pony”), from Old French hobi, *haubi, haubby, hobin ("a nag, hobby"; > Modern French aubin, Italian ubino), of Germanic origin: from Old French hober, ober (“to stir, move”), from Old Dutch hobben (“to toss, move up and down”); or from North Germanic origin related to Danish hoppe (“a mare”), Old Swedish hoppa (“a young mare”), North Frisian hoppe (“horse”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend; a bend, joint”). More at hop, hobble.

The meaning of hobby-horse shifted from "small horse, pony" to "child's toy riding horse" to "favorite pastime or avocation" with the connecting notion being "activity that doesn't go anywhere". Possibly originally from a proper name for a horse, a diminutive of Robert or Robin (compare dobbin).

Noun

hobby (plural hobbies)

1. An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.

   I like to collect stamps from different countries as a hobby.

2. (equestrianism) An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish Hobby

Synonyms

• (activity done for enjoyment in spare time): avocation, pastime; See also Thesaurus:hobby

Derived terms

• hobbyist (noun)

Related terms

• hobbyhorse (noun)
• hobelar/hobeler

Descendants

• → Dutch: hobby
• → Russian: хобби (xobbi)

Translations

activity done for enjoyment in spare time

• Albanian: hobi
• Arabic: هِوَايَة f (hiwāya)
• Armenian: հոբբի (hy) (hobbi)
• Azerbaijani: hobbi
• Basque: zaletasun
• Belarusian: хо́бі n (xóbi)
• Bengali: শখ (bn) (śokh)
• Bulgarian: хо́би n (hóbi)
• Burmese: ဝါသနာ (my) (wasa.na)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愛好／爱好 (zh) (àihào), 爱好 (zh) (àihào), 嗜好 (zh) (shìhào)

• Czech: koníček (cs) m, hobby (cs) n
• Danish: hobby (da) n
• Dutch: hobby (nl) f, vrijetijdsbesteding (nl) f
• Esperanto: ŝatokupo, hobio
• Estonian: harrastus
• Finnish: harrastus (fi), harraste (fi), mieliharrastus
• French: passe-temps (fr) m, hobby (fr) m
• Georgian: აჩემებული რამ (ačemebuli ram), ჰობი (hobi)
• German: Hobby (de) n, Steckenpferd (de) n
• Greek: χόμπυ n (chómpy), χόμπι (el) n (chómpi), πάρεργο (el) n (párergo)

  Ancient: διατριβή f (diatribḗ)

• Hebrew: תַּחְבִּיב (he) m (takhviv)
• Hindi: शौक़ m (śauq)
• Hungarian: hobbi (hu), kedvtelés (hu), kedvenc időtöltés
• Indonesian: hobbi, ^{(please verify)} kegemaran (id)
• Interlingua: hobby, passatempore
• Italian: hobby (it) m, passatempo (it) m
• Japanese: 趣味 (ja) (しゅみ, shumi)
• Kazakh: хобби (xobbi)
• Khmer: ^{(please verify)} ការប្រកបអ្វីមួយជាការកំសាន្ដ (kaa prɑkɑɑp ’vǝy muə yɔɔ cie kaa kɑm saan)
• Korean: 취미 (ko) (chwimi)
• Kyrgyz: хобби (hobbi)
• Lao: ພັກສມອງ (phak sa mǭng)
• Latin: oblectatio f, voluptas f, delicium n
• Latvian: hobijs m, vaļasprieks m
• Lithuanian: hobis (lt) m, pomėgis m
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• Macedonian: хоби n (hobi)
• Malay: hobi
• Maori: mahi tākaro, runaruna
• Mongolian: сонирхол (mn) (sonirxol), хобби (mn) (xobbi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hobby (no) m

  Nynorsk: hobby m

• Okinawan: 趣味 (すみ, sumi)
• Persian: سرگرمی (fa) (sargarmi), تفنن (fa) (tafannan)
• Polish: hobby (pl) n
• Portuguese: passatempo (pt) m, hobby (pt) m
• Romanian: hobby (ro) n
• Russian: хо́бби (ru) n (xóbbi), увлече́ние (ru) n (uvlečénije), конёк (ru) (konjók) (favourite topic, area of expertise)
• Rusyn: го́бі n (hóbi)
• Scots: habby
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хоби m

  Roman: hobi (sh) m

• Slovak: koníček m, hobby (sk) n
• Slovene: konjiček m
• Spanish: pasatiempo (es) m, hobby (es) m, afición (es) f
• Swedish: hobby (sv)
• Tagalog: hilig
• Tajik: шавқ (šavq)
• Thai: งานอดิเรก (th) (ngaan-à-dì-rèek), อดิเรก (à-dì-rèek)
• Tibetan: དགའ་པོ་བྱེད་ཡག (dga' po byed yag)
• Turkish: hobi (tr), merak (tr)
• Turkmen: güýmenje
• Ukrainian: хо́бі n (xóbi)
• Urdu: مشغله f (maśġla)
• Uzbek: xobbi
• Vietnamese: sở thích riêng, sở thích (vi)
• Volapük: löfäl (vo), livüpajäf
• Walloon: passe-tins (wa), pasmint d' tins (wa)
• Welsh: hobi (cy) m or f
• Yiddish: פֿערדל n (ferdl)

Etymology 2

From Old French hobet, from Medieval Latin hopētus, diminutive of harpe.

Noun

hobby (plural hobbies)

1. Any of four species of small falcons in the genus Falco, especially Falco subbuteo.
   • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, page 323:

     He hawked – from nearby Esher, Richard Fox sent a servant with a hobby, which Henry received enthusiastically – and hunted, sending a present of freshly slaughtered deer to Princess Mary.

Derived terms

• African hobby, Falco cuvierii
• Australian hobby, Falco longipennis
• Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo
• Oriental hobby, Falco severus

Translations

Falco subbuteo

• Bulgarian: сокол орко m (sokol orko)
• Czech: ostříž lesní m
• Danish: lærkefalk (da) c
• Dutch: boomvalk (nl) m
• Faroese: vákasmyril m
• Finnish: nuolihaukka (fi)
• French: hobereau (fr) m
• German: Baumfalke (de) m
• Hungarian: kabasólyom (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: falco (it) m, falcone (it) m
• Korean: 새홀리기 (saeholligi)
• Manx: shirragh corranagh m
• Navajo: tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ chʼilhaatʼaʼii yázhí
• Polish: kobuz (pl) m anim
• Portuguese: ógea f
• Russian: чегло́к (ru) m (čeglók)
• Spanish: alcotán m
• Swedish: lärkfalk (sv) c

See also

• hobby lantern

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Czech

Noun

hobby n

1. hobby (activity)

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Danish

Etymology

From English hobby.

Noun

hobby c (singular definite hobbyen, plural indefinite hobbyer)

1. hobby (activity)

Inflection

Declension of hobby

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hobby	hobbyen	hobbyer	hobbyerne
genitive	hobbys	hobbyens	hobbyers	hobbyernes

Synonyms

• fritidsinteresse

Further reading

• “hobby” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: hob‧by

Noun

hobby m (plural hobby's, diminutive hobby'tje n)

1. hobby (activity)

Synonyms

• liefhebberij

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Finnish

Noun

hobby

1. (nonstandard) hobby (activity)

Declension

Inflection of hobby (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		hobby	hobbyt
genitive		hobbyn	hobbyjen
partitive		hobbya	hobbyja
illative		hobbyyn	hobbyihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hobby	hobbyt
accusative	nom.	hobby	hobbyt
	gen.	hobbyn
genitive		hobbyn	hobbyjen
partitive		hobbya	hobbyja
inessive		hobbyssa	hobbyissa
elative		hobbysta	hobbyista
illative		hobbyyn	hobbyihin
adessive		hobbylla	hobbyilla
ablative		hobbylta	hobbyilta
allative		hobbylle	hobbyille
essive		hobbyna	hobbyina
translative		hobbyksi	hobbyiksi
abessive		hobbytta	hobbyitta
instructive		—	hobbyin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of hobby (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hobbyni hobbyni accusative nom. hobbyni hobbyni gen. hobbyni genitive hobbyni hobbyjeni partitive hobbyani hobbyjani inessive hobbyssani hobbyissani elative hobbystani hobbyistani illative hobbyyni hobbyihini adessive hobbyllani hobbyillani ablative hobbyltani hobbyiltani allative hobbylleni hobbyilleni essive hobbynani hobbyinani translative hobbykseni hobbyikseni abessive hobbyttani hobbyittani instructive — — comitative — hobbyineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hobbysi hobbysi accusative nom. hobbysi hobbysi gen. hobbysi genitive hobbysi hobbyjesi partitive hobbyasi hobbyjasi inessive hobbyssasi hobbyissasi elative hobbystasi hobbyistasi illative hobbyysi hobbyihisi adessive hobbyllasi hobbyillasi ablative hobbyltasi hobbyiltasi allative hobbyllesi hobbyillesi essive hobbynasi hobbyinasi translative hobbyksesi hobbyiksesi abessive hobbyttasi hobbyittasi instructive — — comitative — hobbyinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hobbymme hobbymme accusative nom. hobbymme hobbymme gen. hobbymme genitive hobbymme hobbyjemme partitive hobbyamme hobbyjamme inessive hobbyssamme hobbyissamme elative hobbystamme hobbyistamme illative hobbyymme hobbyihimme adessive hobbyllamme hobbyillamme ablative hobbyltamme hobbyiltamme allative hobbyllemme hobbyillemme essive hobbynamme hobbyinamme translative hobbyksemme hobbyiksemme abessive hobbyttamme hobbyittamme instructive — — comitative — hobbyinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hobbynne hobbynne accusative nom. hobbynne hobbynne gen. hobbynne genitive hobbynne hobbyjenne partitive hobbyanne hobbyjanne inessive hobbyssanne hobbyissanne elative hobbystanne hobbyistanne illative hobbyynne hobbyihinne adessive hobbyllanne hobbyillanne ablative hobbyltanne hobbyiltanne allative hobbyllenne hobbyillenne essive hobbynanne hobbyinanne translative hobbyksenne hobbyiksenne abessive hobbyttanne hobbyittanne instructive — — comitative — hobbyinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative hobbynsa hobbynsa accusative nom. hobbynsa hobbynsa gen. hobbynsa genitive hobbynsa hobbyjensa partitive hobbyaan hobbyansa hobbyjaan hobbyjansa inessive hobbyssaan hobbyssansa hobbyissaan hobbyissansa elative hobbystaan hobbystansa hobbyistaan hobbyistansa illative hobbyynsa hobbyihinsa adessive hobbyllaan hobbyllansa hobbyillaan hobbyillansa ablative hobbyltaan hobbyltansa hobbyiltaan hobbyiltansa allative hobbylleen hobbyllensa hobbyilleen hobbyillensa essive hobbynaan hobbynansa hobbyinaan hobbyinansa translative hobbykseen hobbyksensa hobbyikseen hobbyiksensa abessive hobbyttaan hobbyttansa hobbyittaan hobbyittansa instructive — — comitative — hobbyineen hobbyinensa

Synonyms

• harrastus

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French

Etymology

From English hobby

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɔ.bi/

Noun

hobby m (plural hobbies or hobbys)

1. hobby (activity)

Synonyms

• passe-temps

Further reading

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

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Interlingua

Noun

hobby

1. hobby (activity)

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Italian

Etymology

From English hobby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔb.bi/

Noun

hobby m (uncountable)

1. hobby (activity)

Related terms

• hobbysto
• hobbystico

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English hobby

Noun

hobby m (definite singular hobbyen, indefinite plural hobbyer, definite plural hobbyene)

1. a hobby (leisure activity)

References

• “hobby” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English hobby

Noun

hobby m (definite singular hobbyen, indefinite plural hobbyar, definite plural hobbyane)

1. a hobby (leisure activity)

References

• “hobby” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hobby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //ˈxɔb.bi//

Noun

hobby n

1. hobby (activity)

Declension

Declension of hobby

	singular	plural
nominative	hobby	hobby
genitive	hobby	hobby
dative	hobby	hobby
accusative	hobby	hobby
instrumental	hobby	hobby
locative	hobby	hobby
vocative	hobby	hobby

Synonyms

• pasja
• konik
• zamiłowanie

Related terms

• hobbista
• hobbistka
• hobbysta
• hobbystka
• hobbistyczny
• hobbystyczny
• hobbistycznie
• hobbystycznie

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English hobby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔ.bi/

Noun

hobby m (plural hobbies)

1. hobby (an activity that one enjoys doing in one’s spare time)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English hobby.

Noun

hobby n (plural hobby-uri)

1. hobby

Declension

Declension of hobby

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) hobby	hobby-ul	(niște) hobby-uri	hobby-urile
genitive/dative	(unui) hobby	hobby-ului	(unor) hobby-uri	hobby-urilor
vocative	hobby-ule		hobby-urilor

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Spanish

Etymology

From English hobby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxobi/ [ˈxo.β̞i]

Noun

hobby m (plural hobbys)

1. hobby (activity)

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Swedish

Noun

hobby c

1. hobby (activity)