hone

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• General-American: /hoʊn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /həʊn/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH OW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English hon (“whetstone”), from Old English hān, from Proto-Germanic *hainō (compare Dutch heen, Norwegian hein), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh3i- (“to sharpen”) (compare Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”), Persian سان (sân, “whetstone”)).

Cognate with Icelandic hnúður. Distantly related to knot.

French hogner (“to grumble”), which could be a cross of honnir (“to disgrace, shame”) and grogner (“to grunt”).

146 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: bülöv — sharpening stone
• Azerbaijani: bülöv daşı — sharpening stone
• Bulgarian: точило (točilo) — sharpening stone
• Bulgarian: брус (brus) — sharpening stone
• Catalan: esmoladora — sharpening stone
• Chinese Mandarin: 磨刀石 (módāoshí) — sharpening stone
• Czech: brousek — sharpening stone
• Czech: brus — sharpening stone
• Danish: slibesten — sharpening stone
• Dutch: slijpsteen — sharpening stone
• Dutch: wetsteen — sharpening stone
• Esperanto: akrigilo — sharpening stone
• Finnish: liippakivi — sharpening stone
• French: pierre à aiguiser — sharpening stone
• German: Schleifstein — sharpening stone
• German: Wetzstein — sharpening stone
• Ancient Greek: ἀκόνη (akónē) — sharpening stone
• Ancient Greek: θηγάνη (thēgánē) — sharpening stone
• Italian: mola — sharpening stone
• Italian: cote — sharpening stone
• Japanese: 砥石 (toishi) — sharpening stone
• Latin: cōs — sharpening stone
• Maltese: sinniena — sharpening stone
• Polish: osełka — sharpening stone
• Portuguese: mó — sharpening stone
• Portuguese: afiadeira — sharpening stone
• Russian: осело́к (oselók) — sharpening stone
• Russian: точильный ка́мень (točilʹnyj kámenʹ) — sharpening stone
• Russian: брусо́к (brusók) — sharpening stone
• Spanish: asperón — sharpening stone
• Spanish: afiladera — sharpening stone
• Spanish: aguzadera — sharpening stone
• Spanish: amoladera — sharpening stone
• Spanish: muela — sharpening stone
• Swedish: bryne — sharpening stone
• Swedish: brynsten — sharpening stone
• Swedish: hen — sharpening stone
• Tamil: சாணை (cāṇai) — sharpening stone
• Turkish: bileği — sharpening stone
• Ottoman Turkish: بلگو (bileği) — sharpening stone
• Ukrainian: брус (brus) — sharpening stone
• Ukrainian: осла́ (oslá) — sharpening stone
• Bulgarian: хонинг машина (honing mašina) — machine tool
• Czech: bruska — machine tool
• Finnish: hoonaustyökalu — machine tool
• Finnish: laahintatyökalu — machine tool
• French: machine à roder — machine tool
• Russian: хон (xon) — machine tool
• Swedish: heningssten — machine tool
• Azerbaijani: bülövləmək — to sharpen with a hone
• Bulgarian: точа (toča) — to sharpen with a hone
• Catalan: esmolar — to sharpen with a hone
• Cherokee: ᎬᏟᎭ (gvtliha) — to sharpen with a hone
• Chinese Mandarin: 礪 /砺 (lì) — to sharpen with a hone
• Chinese Mandarin: 磨 (mó) — to sharpen with a hone
• Czech: ostřit — to sharpen with a hone
• Czech: naostřit — to sharpen with a hone
• Czech: brousit — to sharpen with a hone
• Czech: nabrousit — to sharpen with a hone
• Danish: skærpe — to sharpen with a hone
• Dutch: aanzetten — to sharpen with a hone
• Dutch: slijpen — to sharpen with a hone
• Dutch: scherp maken — to sharpen with a hone
• Esperanto: akrigi — to sharpen with a hone
• Finnish: liipata — to sharpen with a hone
• French: aiguiser — to sharpen with a hone
• French: affûter — to sharpen with a hone
• German: honen — to sharpen with a hone
• German: feinschleifen — to sharpen with a hone
• German: ziehschleifen — to sharpen with a hone
• Hebrew: לַחֲרוֹץ (lacharótz) — to sharpen with a hone
• Hungarian: fen — to sharpen with a hone
• Ingrian: hiuttaa — to sharpen with a hone
• Ingrian: kirahuttaa — to sharpen with a hone
• Italian: affilare — to sharpen with a hone
• Italian: molare — to sharpen with a hone
• Italian: arrotare — to sharpen with a hone
• Italian: affinare — to sharpen with a hone
• Japanese: 研ぐ (togu) — to sharpen with a hone
• Japanese: 研ぎ澄ます (togisumasu) — to sharpen with a hone
• Khmer: សង្កួត (sɑɑsɑngkuət) — to sharpen with a hone
• Māori: oroi — to sharpen with a hone
• Māori: whakaratarata — to sharpen with a hone
• Middle English: whetten — to sharpen with a hone
• Norwegian: hone — to sharpen with a hone
• Portuguese: amolar — to sharpen with a hone
• Portuguese: afiar — to sharpen with a hone
• Russian: отта́чивать (ottáčivatʹ) — to sharpen with a hone
• Russian: точи́ть (točítʹ) — to sharpen with a hone
• Russian: зата́чивать (zatáčivatʹ) — to sharpen with a hone
• Slovak: naostriť — to sharpen with a hone
• Slovak: vybrúsiť — to sharpen with a hone
• Slovak: nabrúsiť — to sharpen with a hone
• Spanish: afilar — to sharpen with a hone
• Spanish: aguzar — to sharpen with a hone
• Spanish: amolar — to sharpen with a hone
• Swedish: bryna — to sharpen with a hone
• Swedish: slipa — to sharpen with a hone
• Swedish: skärpa — to sharpen with a hone
• Turkish: bilemek — to sharpen with a hone
• Vietnamese: mài — to sharpen with a hone
• Vietnamese: dũa — to sharpen with a hone
• Yiddish: שלײַפֿן (shlayfn) — to sharpen with a hone
• Danish: kalibrere — to produce a precision bore with a hone
• Dutch: kalibreren — to produce a precision bore with a hone
• Finnish: hoonata — to produce a precision bore with a hone
• Finnish: laahia — to produce a precision bore with a hone
• Russian: хонингова́ть (xoningovátʹ) — to produce a precision bore with a hone
• Swedish: hena — to produce a precision bore with a hone
• Catalan: esmolar — to refine or master a skill
• Czech: pilovat — to refine or master a skill
• Czech: vybrousit — to refine or master a skill
• Danish: finslibe — to refine or master a skill
• Dutch: vervolmaken — to refine or master a skill
• Dutch: vervolledigen — to refine or master a skill
• Finnish: hioa — to refine or master a skill
• French: perfectionner — to refine or master a skill
• French: affiner — to refine or master a skill
• French: affuter — to refine or master a skill
• German: ausfeilen — to refine or master a skill
• German: ausschleifen — to refine or master a skill
• Indonesian: mengasah — to refine or master a skill
• Italian: affinare — to refine or master a skill
• Polish: doskonalić — to refine or master a skill
• Portuguese: esmerar — to refine or master a skill
• Portuguese: aperfeiçoar — to refine or master a skill
• Russian: отта́чивать (ottáčivatʹ) — to refine or master a skill
• Slovak: vycibriť — to refine or master a skill
• Slovak: cizelovať — to refine or master a skill
• Slovak: zdokonaliť — to refine or master a skill
• Spanish: aguzar — to refine or master a skill
• Spanish: agudizar — to refine or master a skill
• Spanish: sutilizar — to refine or master a skill
• Spanish: subtilizar — to refine or master a skill
• Swedish: finslipa — to refine or master a skill
• Swedish: finputsa — to refine or master a skill
• Bulgarian: наточвам (natočvam) — to make more acute, intense or effective
• Danish: forfine — to make more acute, intense or effective
• Dutch: verfijnen — to make more acute, intense or effective
• Finnish: hioa — to make more acute, intense or effective
• French: aiguiser — to make more acute, intense or effective
• French: affûter — to make more acute, intense or effective
• German: verfeinern — to make more acute, intense or effective
• Portuguese: esmerar — to make more acute, intense or effective
• Spanish: agudizar — to make more acute, intense or effective
• Spanish: aguzar — to make more acute, intense or effective