Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word hon. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in hon.
Definitions and meaning of hon
hon
Etymology 1
Shortened from honey.
Alternative forms
hun
Pronunciation
enPR: hŭn, IPA(key): /hʌn/
Homophone: Hun
Noun
hon
(used only to address someone) Honey, sweetheart, a term of endearment; (Southern US)a friendly term of address.
Etymology 2
Clipping of come on with devoicing of /m/. Compare c'mon.
Alternative forms
'hon, h'on
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [m̥ɑn], /hmɒn/, /hɒn/
Interjection
hon
(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
Breton
Determiner
hon
our
Catalan
Adverb
hon
Archaic form of on.
Further reading
“hon” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈɦon]
Noun
honm
hunt, chase
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
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norsehón, from Proto-Germanic*hēnō. Cognate with Icelandichún, Danishhun and Norwegian Bokmålhun.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [hoːn]
Pronoun
hon
she
Declension
Hungarian
Etymology
From the archaic honn(“at home”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈhon]
Rhymes: -on
Noun
hon (pluralhonok)
(literary) home, homeland, fatherland
Synonym:haza
Declension
Derived terms
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.
(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.
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Central Franconianhann, from Old High Germanhavēn, northern variant of habēn, from Proto-Germanic*habjaną.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /hɔn/
Verb
hon
to have
(auxiliary, with a past participle) to have (forms the perfect)
Inflection
Further reading
Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Icelandic
Alternative forms
hún
hón(archaic)
Pronoun
hon(personal pronoun):
(archaic) she
Declension
Japanese
Romanization
hon
Rōmaji transcription of ほん
Middle English
Etymology 1
Verb
hon (third-person singular simple presenthoneth, present participlehonynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participlehoned)
Alternative form of honen(“to linger”)
Etymology 2
Preposition
hon
Alternative form of on
Etymology 3
Numeral
hon
Alternative form of oon
Pronoun
hon
Alternative form of oon
Etymology 4
Noun
hon (pluralhones)
Alternative form of hond
Etymology 5
Verb
hon (third-person singular simple presenthoþ, present participlehonde, first-/third-person singular past indicative heng, past participleihon)
(Early Middle English)Alternative form of hongen
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic*hanhaną.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /xoːn/, [hoːn]
Verb
hōn
to hang
to suspend
Conjugation
Derived terms
āhōn
behōn
ġehōn
ymbhōn
Descendants
Middle English: hōn, hangen, hongen(merger with hangian)
English: hang
Old French
Noun
honm
Alternative form of hom
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norsehón, from Proto-Germanic*hēnō.
Pronoun
hōn
she
Declension
Descendants
Swedish: hon
Rohingya
Etymology
Cognate with Assameseকোন(kün), Hindiकौन(kaun), Romanikon.
Pronoun
hon
who
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Swedishhōn, from Old Norsehón, from Proto-Germanic*hēnō. Cognate with Icelandichún, Danishhun and Norwegian Bokmålhun.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /hʊn/
Pronoun
hon
she; the third-person, singular, feminine pronoun in the nominative case
it (for certain nouns that were feminine in Old Swedish)