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Esperanto
Etymology
honto + -e
Adverb
honte
- shamefully
- ashamedly
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French honte, from Old French hunte (“dishonour”), from Early Medieval Latin haunta, borrowed from Frankish *haunitha (“disdain, scorn, ridicule”), from Proto-Germanic *hauniþō (“humiliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw- (“to be evil, make evil”).
Cognate with Old High German hōnida (“dishonour”), Middle Dutch hoonde (“dishonour”), Old English hīenþ, hīenþu (“humiliation”). More at hean.
Pronunciation
Noun
honte f (plural hontes)
- shame (feeling)
- shame (something shameful)
Derived terms
Further reading
Old French
Etymology
From Early Medieval Latin haunta, borrowed from Frankish *haunitha.
Pronunciation
Noun
honte oblique singular, f (oblique plural hontes, nominative singular honte, nominative plural hontes)
- shame (feeling)
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Pali
Adjective
honte
- inflection of hoti (“to be”):
- present active participle masculine/neuter locative singular
- present active participle masculine accusative plural
Tsou
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 皇帝 (hông-tè).
Noun
honte
- emperor