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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".

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

hon (plural hons)

  1. (mostly as a term of address) Honey, sweetheart, a term of endearment; (Southern US) a friendly term of address.
    Hey, hon! How was your day at work?
  2. (transgender slang, 4chan, derogatory) 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.
    • , 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
      ]
    • , 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.
    • , 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, “Incels”, in ContraPoints:
      [24:45] On TTTT, a major piece of jargon is "hon," a slur used by trans women for other trans women.
Derived terms
Terms derived from hon (transgender slang)
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

Interjection

hon

  1. (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

Pronunciation

Interjection

hon

  1. (Ireland, slang); (typically) cheering a sports team, especially a GAA team; exhortation or encouragement come on; congratulations well done, bravo.

Etymology 4

Noun

hon (plural hons)

  1. Alternative form of hoon (Indian gold coin)

References

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

Anagrams

Breton

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Determiner

hon

  1. our

Catalan

Pronunciation

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   ―  to graduate with a first-class honour degree
    hon [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  mou5 on1   ―  without honours classification

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gònъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

hon m inan

  1. hunt, chase
    hon na liškufox 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

Pronoun

hon

  1. she

Declension

Hungarian

Etymology

From the archaic honn (at home).

Pronunciation

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

Compound words

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

hon

  1. 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.
  2. (auxiliary, with a past participle) to have (forms the perfect)
    Er hod es gemach.
    He has done it.

Inflection

Irregular with past tense and conditional mood
infinitive hon
participle gehad
auxiliary hon
present
indicative
past
indicative
conditional
ich hon had häd
du host hast häst
er/sie/es hod had häd
meer hon hade häde
deer hod had häd
sie hon hade häd
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.

Further reading

Icelandic

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

Noun

hon (uncountable)

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

References

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

Verb

hōn

  1. to hang
  2. to suspend

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Old French

Noun

hon m

  1. Alternative form of hom

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hōn

  1. she

Declension

Descendants

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

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

hon

  1. definite singular of ho

References

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

Determiner

hon f

  1. (formal) (in conjuction with the definite article y) that
    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 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 honthis debate
    = (informal) y ddadl 'ma
    = (South Wales, informal) y ddadl hyn
    (formal) yr eiliad honthis second
    = (informal) yr eiliad 'ma
    = (South Wales, informal) yr eiliad hyn

Pronoun

hon f

  1. 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

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

See also