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Catalan
Adverb
hont
- Archaic form of on.
Further reading
- “hont” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Verb
hont
- third-person plural present active indicative of havoir
Hungarian
Etymology
hon + -t (accusative suffix)
Pronunciation
Noun
hont
- accusative singular of hon
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch hunt.
Noun
hont m
- dog
- (derogatory) despicable, worthless person
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch *hund (“hundred”), from Proto-Germanic *hundą, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.
Noun
hont n
- an area of 100 square rods, approximately 0.14 hectares or 1400 m²
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- “hont (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “hont (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “hont (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Occitan
Pronunciation
Noun
hont m (plural honts)
- spring, source