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hon

See also: hon hon hon and Appendix:Variations of "hon"

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

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".

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hon (plural hons)

  1. (mostly as a term of address) Honey, sweetheart, a term of endearment; (Southern US) a friendly term of address.
    Hey, hon! How was your day at work?
  2. (transgender slang, 4chan, derogatory) A trans woman who does not pass; a clocky trans woman.
    Antonym: passoid
    This youngshit mogs me: I'm such a hon.
    • 2015 October 18, anonymous author, 4chan‎[2], /lgbt/:
      If you didn't experience that you'll end up one of those ugly SJW programmer transbian hons with dyed hair sucking each other's dicks while acting like men in every way possible.
    • [2018 July 10, @addamschloe, Twitter‎[3], archived from the original on 2022-05-07:
      [cw anti-trans slurs] I get that they're rarer than 'trap' (being used to describe trans women as intentional deceivers) but I'd like it if people could be equally hostile to the terms 'brick' and 'hon' honestly
      it's all transmisic garbage      ]
    • [2018 July 10, @addamschloe, Twitter‎[4], archived from the original on 2021-06-05:
      'brick' refers to a trans woman who doesn't 'pass', 'hon' refers to a trans woman who doesn't pass and also is nice to other trans women who don't pass, particularly used against older trans women]
    • 2020 May 12, @MsBdUnicorn, Twitter‎[5], archived from the original on 2023-02-20:
      Consider the fact that /tttt/ calls any positive trans space a hugbox full of hons. We're still hung up about passing and it's so pathetic.
    • 2022 June 2, @stacycay, Twitter‎[6], archived from the original on 2022-11-15:
      listen hon, if you're a "biological boy" that's cool and all but the rest of us are trans women.
    • [2022 September 16, @mishawave, Twitter‎[7], archived from the original on 2022-11-15:
      i feel like that depends on how you're using it. referring to yourself as a "hon", or using it as a joke, sure. but calling other trans people hons directly or indirectly is a bit far imo. it's an insult about something specific, so it's different from general slurs like "tranny"]
    • 2019 April 16, Andrea James, “Transgender slang, slurs, and controversial words”, in Transgender Map‎[8], archived from the original on 2023-04-08:
      It [the word "hon"] comes from the cliché, "You look great, hon," which is often used by older transitioners who do not "pass."
    • 2018 August 17, Natalie Wynn, “Incels”, in ContraPoints‎[9]:
      [24:45] On TTTT, a major piece of jargon is "hon," a slur used by trans women for other trans women.
Derived terms edit
Terms derived from hon (transgender slang)
Translations edit
Translations

Etymology 2 edit

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.[1] The stereotype was popularized in Internet memes in the mid-2000s and 2010s.[2]

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

hon

  2. (humorous) Representing a stereotypical French laugh.
    Hon hon hon, oui oui baguette!

Etymology 3 edit

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

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Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

hon

  1. (Ireland, slang); (typically) cheering a sports team, especially a GAA team; exhortation or encouragement come on; congratulations well done, bravo.

Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

hon (plural hons)

  1. Alternative form of hoon (“Indian gold coin”)

References edit

  1. ^ “Why do people think the French say 'hon hon hon' when they laugh?”, in The Local‎[1], 2017 March 14, archived from the original on 2017-09-14
  2. ^ “Hon Hon Hon”, in Know Your Meme, launched 2007

Anagrams edit

Breton edit

Etymology edit

Compare Welsh ein. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation edit

Determiner edit

hon

  1. our

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

hon

  1. Archaic form of on.

Further reading edit

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

Chinese edit

Etymology edit

Clipping of English honours degree.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hon

  1. (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 edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gònъ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hon m inan

  1. hunt, chase
    hon na lišku ― fox hunt

Usage notes edit

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

Declension edit

Declension of hon (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative hon hony
genitive honu honů
dative honu honům
accusative hon hony
vocative hone hony
locative honě, honu honech
instrumental honem hony

Related terms edit

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • hon in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • hon in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • hon in Internetová jazyková příručka

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

hon

  1. she

Declension edit

Faroese personal pronouns
Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) eg, jeg tú hann hon tað
Accusative (hvønnfall) meg, mjeg teg, tjeg hana
Dative (hvørjumfall) mær tær honum henni tí
Genitive (hvørsfall) mín tín hansara, hans† hennara, hennar† tess
Plural (fleirtal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) vit tit teir tær tey
Accusative (hvønnfall) okkum tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall) teimum, teim†
Genitive (hvørsfall) okkara tykkara teirra

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From the archaic honn (“at home”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hon (plural honok)

  1. (literary) home, homeland, fatherland
    Synonym: haza

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
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
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		honé honoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		honéi honokéi
Possessive forms of hon
possessor single possession multiple possessions
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

Derived terms edit

Compound words

Further reading edit

  • (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 edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Central Franconian hann, from Middle High German haben, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

hon

  1. to have
    Ich hon en gros Haus.
    I have a big house.
    Hod-der Zeid fer mich se hellfe?
    Do you have time to help me?
    Ich had en komischer Draam gester Nacht.
    I had a weird dream last night.
  2. (auxiliary, with a past participle) to have (forms the perfect)
    Er hod es gemach.
    He has done it.

Inflection edit

Irregular with past tense and conditional mood
infinitive hon
participle gehad
auxiliary hon
present
indicative 		past
indicative 		conditional
ich hon had häd
du host hast häst
er/sie/es hod had häd
meer hon hade häde
deer hod had häd
sie hon hade häd
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.

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Icelandic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From the archaic form hón.

Pronoun edit

hon (personal pronoun):

  1. (archaic) she

Declension edit

  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

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

hon

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ほん

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

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”).

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hon (uncountable)

  1. (Northern, North Midland) delay, hesitation
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Scots: hune

References edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

hon (third-person singular simple present honeth, present participle honende, honynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle honed)

  1. Alternative form of honen (“to linger”)

Etymology 3 edit

Preposition edit

hon

  1. Alternative form of on

Etymology 4 edit

Numeral edit

hon

  1. Alternative form of oon

Pronoun edit

hon

  1. Alternative form of oon

Etymology 5 edit

Noun edit

hon (plural hones)

  1. Alternative form of hond

Etymology 6 edit

Verb edit

hon (third-person singular simple present hoþ, present participle honde, first-/third-person singular past indicative heng, past participle ihon)

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of hongen

Old English edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

hōn

  1. to hang
  2. to suspend

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of hōn (strong class 7)
infinitive hōn hōnne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular hō hēng
second person singular hēhst hēnge
third person singular hēhþ hēng
plural hōþ hēngon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular hō hēnge
plural hōn hēngen
imperative
singular hōh
plural hōþ
participle present past
hōnde (ġe)hangen

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Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Old French edit

Noun edit

hon m

  1. Alternative form of hom

Old Swedish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

hōn

  1. she

Declension edit

Old Swedish personal pronouns
first person second person reflexive third person
masculine feminine neuter
singular
nominative iak, iæk þū — han hōn þæt
accusative mik, mek þik sik han hana, hōna þæt
dative mǣ(r), mik þǣ(r), þik sǣ(r), sik hōnum, hānum hænni þȳ, þī
genitive mīn þīn sīn hans hænna(r) þæs
dual
nominative vit it — — — —
accusative oker *iker sik — — —
dative oker *iker sǣr, sik — — —
genitive okar *ikar sīn — — —
plural
nominative vī(r) ī(r) — þē(r) þā(r) þø̄n, þē(n)
accusative os, ōs iþer sik þā þā(r) þø̄n, þē(n)
dative os, ōs iþer sǣr, sik þēm, þø̄m, þom þēm, þø̄m, þom þēm, þø̄m, þom
genitive vār iþar sīn þēra þēra þēra

Descendants edit

Rohingya edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronoun edit

hon

  1. who

Swedish edit

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

Pronoun edit

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?
Declension edit
Swedish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
singular first — jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
second — du dig, dej3 din ditt dina
third masculine (person) han honom, han2, en5 hans
feminine (person) hon henne, na5 hennes
gender-neutral (person)1 hen hen, henom7 hens
common (noun) den den dess
neuter (noun) det det dess
indefinite man or en4 en ens
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural first — vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
second — ni er er, eran2, ers6 ert, erat2 era
archaic I eder eder, eders6 edert edra
third — de, dom3 dem, dom3 deras
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hon

  1. definite singular of ho

References edit

Vilamovian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German haben, from Old High German havēn, northern variant of habēn.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

hon

  1. to have

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *sindos.

Pronunciation edit

Determiner edit

hon f

  1. (formal) (in conjuction with the definite article y) this
    Mae'r nofel hon yn well o lawer na'r nofel honno.
    This novel is a lot better than that novel.
    Mae'r holl sefyllfa hon yn benbleth fawr.
    This entire situation is real condundrum.

Usage notes edit

  • Refers to grammatically feminie 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 edit

hon f

  1. this
    Mae hon yn well o lawer na honno.
    This is a lot better than that.
    Mae hon yn benbleth fawr.
    This is real condundrum.

Usage notes edit

  • 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.

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References edit

  • 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 edit

Pronoun edit

hon

  1. First person dual subject (medial position)
    we two
  2. First person plural subject (medial position)
    we (three or more)

Related terms edit

See also edit

Zuni personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person (medial) ho' hon hon
1st person (final) hoo'o ho'no ho'no
2nd person (medial) to' ton ton
2nd person (final) too'o to'no to'no
3rd person (medial) — 'aachi —
3rd person (final) — 'aachi —
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