# hon
## English
### 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". Derogatory sense likely came about from users of 4chan's /lgbt/ board mocking the discourse on transgender forum Susan's Place.

#### Alternative forms

* hun

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: hŭn, IPA: /hʌn/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (Northern England, Ireland) IPA: /hʊn/
* Rhymes: -ʌn
* Homophones: hun, Hun

#### Noun

hon (plural hons)
* A term of endearment; Honey, sweetheart
    Hey, hon! How was your day at work?
** (Southern US) A friendly term of address.
* (4chan /lgbt/ slang, derogatory, offensive) 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, /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 June 10, @addamschloe, Twitter‎, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 24:45 from the start, in Incels‎, ContraPoints:On TTTT, a major piece of jargon is "hon," a slur used by trans women for other trans women.

##### Derived terms

* -hon
* honscience

##### 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: /hɔ̃/

#### Interjection

hon
* (humorous) Representing a stereotypical French laugh.
    Hon hon hon, oui oui baguette!
** 1981 June 12, History of the World, Part I‎, Mel Brooks (actor):She's right! We all talk like Maurice Chevalier! Hon hon hon!
** 2020 May 28, “The sex scandals, walkouts and boos of Cannes Film Festival”, in New York Post‎, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-08-18:What cinephiles have missed most this spring are the cries of "hon hon hon!" — the bitchy sound of French laughter — bellowing from the Côte d'Azur.
** 2023 August 18, Kyle Buchanan, “Uma Thurman’s ’Red, White & Royal Blue’ Accent Is One to Savor”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-09-22:[Ridley] Scott once said that forcing French accents on the stars of "The Last Duel" would have been "a disaster," but on that count, I beg to differ. Imagine Ben Affleck winding up to crucial lines with a snooty "a-hon-hon-hon!" Now that you have, you won't want to go without.

### Etymology 3

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

#### Alternative forms

* 'hon, h'on

#### Pronunciation

* (Ireland) IPA: /hmɒn/, /hɒn/, [m̥ɑn]
* Rhymes: -ɒn

#### 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”, in 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”, in 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”, in 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

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

hon (plural hons)
* Alternative form of hoon (“Indian gold coin”)

### References

* ↑ “Why do people think the French say 'hon hon hon' when they laugh?”, in The Local‎, 2017 March 14, archived from the original on 2017-09-14
* ↑ “Hon Hon Hon”, in Know Your Meme, website first launched 2007

### 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: /ɔ̃n/

### Determiner

hon
* our

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈon]

### Adverb

hon
* 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

* Cantonese (Jyutping): on$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: on$^1$
*** Yale: ōn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: on$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: on$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɔːn⁵⁵/

### Noun

hon
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, education) (classification of) honours degree
    first hon畢業／first hon毕业 [Hong Kong Cantonese] ― first on$^1$ bat$^1$ jip$^6$ [Jyutping] ― to graduate with a first-class honour degree
    冇hon [Hong Kong Cantonese] ― mou$^5$ on$^1$ [Jyutping] ― [degree] without honours classification

## Czech
### Etymology

From Old Czech hon, from Proto-Slavic *gonъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gánas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰónos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦon]

### Noun

hon m inan
* 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 (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “hon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “hon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Faroese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [hoːn]

### Pronoun

hon
* she

#### Declension
## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̃/
* Audio (France):(file)
* Audio (France):(file)
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Etymology 1

Imitative.

#### Interjection

hon
* (dated) Representing laughter; ha, hon

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hon.

#### Noun

hon f (plural hons)
* (4chan /lgbt/ slang, derogatory, offensive) hon

### References

* “hon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From the archaic honn (“at home”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈhon]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -on

### Noun

hon (plural honok)
* (literary) home, homeland, fatherland
    Synonym: haza

#### Derived terms

* honi
* hontalan
* 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”, 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

* honn (Altenhofen spelling)

### Etymology

From Central Franconian han, from Middle High German hān, from Old High German habēn, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.
Cognate with German haben, Luxembourgish hunn and Pennsylvania German hawwe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɔn/
* Rhymes: -ɔn
* Syllabification: hon

### Verb

hon
* 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.
* (auxiliary, with a past participle) to have (forms the perfect)
    Er hod es gemach.He has done it.

#### Related terms

* aanhon
* forhon
* gernhon
* uffhon

### References

* ↑ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “hon”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 79, column 1

## Icelandic
### Alternative forms

* hún
* hón (archaic)

### Etymology

From the archaic form hón.

### Pronoun

hon (personal pronoun):
* (archaic) she

#### Declension

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
### Romanization

hon
* Rōmaji transcription of ほん

## Malay
### Etymology

From English horn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhon/ [ˈhon]

### Noun

hon (Jawi spelling هون, plural hon-hon, informal 1st possessive honku, 2nd possessive honmu, 3rd possessive honnya)
* automobile horn
    Synonym: klakson (Indonesian)

#### Derived terms

* mengehon

### Further reading

* “hon” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## 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: /hoːn/
* (Northern) IPA: /hyːn/

#### Noun

hon (uncountable)
* (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)
* Alternative form of honen (“to linger”)

### Etymology 3
#### Preposition

hon
* Alternative form of on

### Etymology 4
#### Numeral

hon
* Alternative form of oon

#### Pronoun

hon
* Alternative form of oon

### Etymology 5
#### Noun

hon (plural hones)
* 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)
* (Early Middle English) Alternative form of hongen

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xoːn/, [hoːn]

### Verb

hōn (transitive)
* to hang
* to suspend

#### Usage notes

* The intransitive equivalent is hangian.

#### Derived terms

* āhōn
* behōn
* ġehōn
* ymbhōn

#### Related terms

* henġen

#### Descendants

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

## Old French
### Noun

hon m
* Alternative form of hom

## Old Swedish
### Alternative forms

* ᚼᚮᚿ

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɒ̃ːn/

### Pronoun

hōn
* she

#### Descendants

* Swedish: hon

## Rohingya
### Etymology

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

### Pronoun

hon
* 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: /hʊn/, [hʊnː]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ʊn

#### Pronoun

hon
* she; the third-person, singular, feminine pronoun in the nominative case
    Hon är mycket vacker.She is very beautiful.
* 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
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /huːn/
* Rhymes: -uːn

#### Noun

hon
* 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

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

hon
* to have

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sindos. Compare hyn (“these”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɔn/
* Rhymes: -ɔn

### Determiner

hon f
* (formal) (in conjunction 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

* Refers to grammatically feminine 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
* 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

* 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
* First person dual subject (medial position)
    we two
* First person plural subject (medial position)
    we (three or more)

#### Related terms

* ho'na'
* ho'n'aawan