honos

Hungarian

Etymology

From hon +‎ -os.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhonoʃ]
• Hyphenation: ho‧nos
• Rhymes: -oʃ

Adjective

honos (not generally comparable, comparative honosabb, superlative leghonosabb)

1. (biology, of a species) endemic, native (which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	honos	honosak
accusative	honosat	honosakat
dative	honosnak	honosaknak
instrumental	honossal	honosakkal
causal-final	honosért	honosakért
translative	honossá	honosakká
terminative	honosig	honosakig
essive-formal	honosként	honosakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	honosban	honosakban
superessive	honoson	honosakon
adessive	honosnál	honosaknál
illative	honosba	honosakba
sublative	honosra	honosakra
allative	honoshoz	honosakhoz
elative	honosból	honosakból
delative	honosról	honosakról
ablative	honostól	honosaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	honosé	honosaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	honoséi	honosakéi

Derived terms

• honosít → meghonosít, honosítás
• honosodik → meghonosodik → meghonosodott → meghonosodottság
• honosság
• honosul → meghonosul → meghonosult → meghonosultság

Compound words

• külhonos
• őshonos

Further reading

• honos in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Latin

Noun

honōs m (genitive honōris); third declension

1. alternative form of honor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	honōs	honōrēs
genitive	honōris	honōrum
dative	honōrī	honōribus
accusative	honōrem	honōrēs
ablative	honōre	honōribus
vocative	honōs	honōrēs

References

• “honos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “honos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “honos”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “honos”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Welsh

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔnɔs/
• Rhymes: -ɔnɔs

Noun

honos m (plural honosiaid or honosod, not mutable)

1. ling (Molva spp.)
2. common ling (Molva molva)

   Synonym: brenhinbysg

Derived terms

• honos glas (“blue ling”)
• honos Sbaen (“Spanish ling”)

Further reading

• Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2018), “Y Bywiadur”, in Llên natur‎^[1], retrieved 4 November 2025.
• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “ling”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “honos”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “honos”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies