hon

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

English

Etymology 1

Shortened from honey.

Alternative forms

• hun

Pronunciation

• enPR: hŭn, IPA^(key): /hʌn/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ʌn
• Homophone: Hun

Noun

hon

1. (used only to address someone) Honey, sweetheart, a term of endearment; (Southern US) a friendly term of address.

   Hey hon! How was your day at work?

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• 'hon, h'on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m̥ɑn], /hmɒn/, /hɒn/
• Rhymes: -ɒn

Interjection

hon

1. (Ireland, slang); (typically) cheering a sports team, especially a GAA team; exhortation or encouragement come on; congratulations well done, bravo
   • 2013 September 9, Rosita Boland "Feelings of relief and anti-climax in Ennis car park" The Irish Times

     “Hon the Banner!” is the single-minded mantra being roared everywhere else.

   • 2016 August 17, Jennifer Dollard "Seagulls cover Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage'" Today FM:

     We're not normally impressed by this kind of stuff but h'on the lads! This is pretty good.

   • 2017 March 16, Amy O'Connor "GQ did a swanky photoshoot in loads of Dublin pubs with the star of Beauty and the Beast" Daily Edge:

     To coincide with the film’s release, GQ recently enlisted the actor to take part in a photoshoot in some of Dublin’s most beloved pubs. ... Hon Dublin!

   • 2017 April 7, Johnny Watterson, John O'Sullivan, "Liveblog: US Masters: Day One" The Irish Times:

     22:23 BIRDIE: Lowry (-2) can't find the bottom of the cup with his eagle putt but taps in for birdie. Hon the Offalyman. He's one behind the leaders, McGirt and Hoffman

Anagrams

• NOH, Noh, noh, ohn

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Breton

Etymology

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

Determiner

hon

1. our

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Catalan

Adverb

hon

1. Archaic form of on.

Further reading

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

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gònъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦon]

Noun

hon m

1. hunt, chase

   hon na lišku. ― Fox hunt.

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

Further reading

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

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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^(key): [hoːn]

Pronoun

hon

1. she

Declension

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

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the archaic honn (“at home”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhon]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -on

Noun

hon (plural honok)

1. (literary) home, homeland, fatherland

   Synonym: haza

Declension

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

• honi
• hontalan

 

Compound words

• honfi
• honfoglalás
• honlap
• honvágy
• honvéd
• honvédelem

 

Further reading

• (homeland): hon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). 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’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Hunsrik

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔn/

Verb

hon

1. to have

   Ich hon en groses Haus.

   I have a big house.

   Hod-der Zeid fer mich se hellfe?

   Do you have time to help me?

   Ich had en komischer Draum gester Nacht.

   I had a weird dream last night.

2. (auxiliary, with a past participle) to have (forms the perfect)

   Er hod es gemacht.

   He has done it.

Inflection

Conjugation of hon

infinitive	hon
past participle	gehad
	present tense	past tense	conditional tense
1st person singular	hon	had	häd
2nd person singular	host	hast	häst
3rd person singular	hod	had	häd
1st person  plural	hon	hade	häde
2nd person plural	hod	had	häd
3rd person plural	hon	hade	häde

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Icelandic

Alternative forms

• hún
• hón (archaic)

Etymology

From the archaic form hón

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. Rōmaji transcription of ほん

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

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 2

Preposition

hon

1. Alternative form of on

Etymology 3

Numeral

hon

1. Alternative form of oon

Pronoun

hon

1. Alternative form of oon

Etymology 4

Noun

hon (plural hones)

1. Alternative form of hond

Etymology 5

Verb

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

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoːn/, [hoːn]

Verb

hōn

1. to hang
2. to suspend

Conjugation

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

Derived terms

• āhōn
• behōn
• ġehōn
• ymbhōn

Descendants

• Middle English: hōn, hangen, hongen (merger with hangian)
  • English: hang

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Old French

Noun

hon m

1. Alternative form of hom

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Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronoun

hōn

1. she

Declension

Old Swedish personal pronouns

	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
				masculine	feminine	neuter
singular
nominative	iak, iæk	þū	—	han	hōn	þæt
accusative	mik	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

• Swedish: hon

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Rohingya

Etymology

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

Pronoun

hon

1. who

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Swedish

Etymology 1

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

• IPA^(key): /hʊn/

• audio

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Pronoun

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

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

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːn/

Noun

hon

1. definite singular of ho.

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Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

hon

1. to have

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Welsh

Etymology

See hwn (“this”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔn/

Pronoun

hon f (masculine hwn, neuter hyn)

1. this

Related terms

• honno

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Zuni

Pronoun

hon

1. First person dual subject (medial position)

   we two

2. First person plural subject (medial position)

   we (three or more)

Related terms

• ho'na'
• ho'n'aawan

See also

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	—