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Yes. The word hon is a Scrabble US word. The word hon is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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3-letter words (2 found)

HON,NOH,

2-letter words (4 found)

HO,NO,OH,ON,

You can make 6 words from hon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of hon

hon ohn hno nho onh noh

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Definitions and meaning of hon

hon

Etymology 1

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".

Alternative forms

  • hun

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hŭn, IPA(key): /hʌn/
  • Rhymes: -ʌn
  • Homophone: Hun

Noun

hon (plural hons)

  1. (mostly as a term of address) Honey, sweetheart, a term of endearment; (Southern US) a friendly term of address.
  2. (transgender slang, 4chan, derogatory) A trans woman who does not pass; a clocky trans woman.
    Antonym: passoid
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

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. The stereotype was popularized in Internet memes in the mid-2000s and 2010s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔ̃/

Interjection

hon

  2. (humorous) Representing a stereotypical French laugh.

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

  • 'hon, h'on

Pronunciation

  • (Ireland) IPA(key): /hmɒn/, /hɒn/, [m̥ɑn]
  • 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.
    • 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.

Etymology 4

Noun

hon (plural hons)

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

References

Anagrams

  • NOH, Noh, noh, ohn

Breton

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ̃n/

Determiner

hon

  1. our

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈon]

Adverb

hon

  1. Archaic form of on.

Further reading

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

Chinese

Etymology

Clipping of English honours degree.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gònъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦon]

Noun

hon m inan

  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.

Declension

Related terms

See also

Further reading

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

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

Hungarian

Etymology

From the archaic honn (“at home”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhon]
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

hon (plural honok)

  1. (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’, 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

Alternative forms

  • han

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔn/

Verb

hon

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

Inflection

Further reading

  • Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Icelandic

Alternative forms

  • hún
  • hón (archaic)

Etymology

From the archaic form hón.

Pronoun

hon (personal pronoun):

  1. (archaic) she

Declension

Japanese

Romanization

hon

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ほん

Middle English

Etymology 1

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”).

Alternative forms

  • one, hoyne, hune

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hoːn/
  • (Northern) IPA(key): /hyːn/

Noun

hon (uncountable)

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

References

  • “họ̄ne, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

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 3

Preposition

hon

  1. Alternative form of on

Etymology 4

Numeral

hon

  1. Alternative form of oon

Pronoun

hon

  1. Alternative form of oon

Etymology 5

Noun

hon (plural hones)

  1. Alternative form of hond

Etymology 6

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

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xoːn/, [hoːn]

Verb

hōn

  1. to hang
  2. to suspend

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • āhōn
  • behōn
  • ġehōn
  • ymbhōn

Related terms

  • henġan

Descendants

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

Old French

Noun

hon m

  1. Alternative form of hom

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

  • ᚼᚮᚿ

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɒ̃ːn/

Pronoun

hōn

  1. she

Declension

Descendants

  • Swedish: hon

Rohingya

Etymology

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

Pronoun

hon

  1. who

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/
  • Rhymes: -ʊn

Pronoun

hon

  1. she; the third-person, singular, feminine pronoun in the nominative case
  2. it (for certain nouns that were feminine in Old Swedish)
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huːn/
  • Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

hon

  1. definite singular of ho

References

  • hon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • hon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • hon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Vilamovian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

hon

  1. to have

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sindos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Determiner

hon f

  1. (formal) (in conjuction with the definite article y) this

Usage notes

  • 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

hon f

  1. this

Usage notes

  • 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.

Related terms

  • hwn (“this”); hyn (“this; these”)
  • hwnna, honna, hynna, hwnnw, honno (“that”); hynny (“that; those”)
  • y rhain (“these”)
  • y rheina, y rheini, y rheiny (“those”)

References

  • 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

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


Source: wiktionary.org