hobby
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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).
NounEdit
hobby (plural hobbies)
- An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
- I like to collect stamps from different countries as a hobby.
- take up a hobby
- give up your hobby
- (equestrianism) An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish Hobby
SynonymsEdit
- (activity done for enjoyment in spare time): avocation, pastime; See also Thesaurus:hobby
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
- hobbyhorse (noun)
- hobelar/hobeler
DescendantsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English hoby, hobeye, from Old French hobé, hobei, hobet, from Medieval Latin hopētus, diminutive of harpe.
NounEdit
hobby (plural hobbies)
- Any of four species of small falcons in the genus Falco, especially Falco subbuteo.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 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 termsEdit
- African hobby, Falco cuvierii
- Australian hobby, Falco longipennis
- Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo
- Oriental hobby, Falco severus
TranslationsEdit
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See alsoEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hobby m (plural hobbies)
- hobby
- Synonym: passatemps
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- “hobby”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “hobby” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
CzechEdit
NounEdit
hobby n
- hobby (activity)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | hobby | hobby |
genitive | hobby | hobby |
dative | hobby | hobby |
accusative | hobby | hobby |
vocative | hobby | hobby |
locative | hobby | hobby |
instrumental | hobby, hobbym | hobby |
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
hobby c (singular definite hobbyen, plural indefinite hobbyer)
- hobby (activity)
InflectionEdit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hobby | hobbyen | hobbyer | hobbyerne |
genitive | hobbys | hobbyens | hobbyers | hobbyernes |
SynonymsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “hobby” in Den Danske Ordbog
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
audio (file) - Hyphenation: hob‧by
NounEdit
hobby m (plural hobby's, diminutive hobby'tje n)
- hobby (activity)
SynonymsEdit
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hobby
- (dated, now nonstandard) Synonym of harrastus (“hobby”).
- 1938, Sinclair Lewis; Väinö Jaakkola (translator), Tuhlaajavanhemmat: romaani [The Prodigal Parents], W. Söderström:
- En luulisi teillä olevan kirouksenanne hobbyja, kuten minulla on.
- I shouldn't have thought you were cursed with hobbies, as I am.
- 1953, Eduskunta (Finnish Parliament), Pöytäkirjat (Minutes):
- Sellainen henkilö, joka itse ei ole harrastanut tätä hobbya, virkistyskalastusta, (...)
- A person who hasn't themselves tried this hobby, recreational fishing, (...)
- 1967, Yrjö A. Jäntti; Martti Haavio, Suomen sana: kansalliskirjallisuutemme valiolukemisto, volume 24, W. Söderström:
- Hobbyjen ei tarvitse noudattaa jo edellä mainittua kaupallista linjaa.
- Hobbies need not be commercial in the same way as previously mentioned.
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of hobby (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
instructive | — | hobbyin | ||
abessive | hobbytta | hobbyitta | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɔ.bi/
NounEdit
hobby m (plural hobbies or hobbys)
- hobby (activity)
- Synonym: passe-temps
Further readingEdit
- “hobby”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
InterlinguaEdit
NounEdit
hobby
- hobby (activity)
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English hobby.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hobby m (invariable)
- hobby (activity)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- hobby in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
hobby m (definite singular hobbyen, indefinite plural hobbyer, definite plural hobbyene)
- a hobby (leisure activity)
ReferencesEdit
- “hobby” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
hobby m (definite singular hobbyen, indefinite plural hobbyar, definite plural hobbyane)
- a hobby (leisure activity)
ReferencesEdit
- “hobby” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English hobby.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hobby n (indeclinable)
- hobby (activity)
- Synonyms: konik, pasja, zainteresowanie, zamiłowanie
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English hobby.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ɔbi
NounEdit
hobby m (plural hobbies)
- hobby (an activity that one enjoys doing in one’s spare time)
- Synonym: passatempo
Further readingEdit
- “hobby” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
hobby n (plural hobby-uri)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English hobby.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hobby m (plural hobbys)
- hobby (activity)
Usage notesEdit
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further readingEdit
- “hobby”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English hobby.
NounEdit
hobby c
- hobby (activity)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of hobby | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hobby | hobbyn | hobbyer | hobbyerna |
Genitive | hobbys | hobbyns | hobbyers | hobbyernas |
Further readingEdit
- hobby in Svensk ordbok.