name
Meaning 1
A surname from Khmer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
hun
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: HH AH1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Alternative spelling of hon (“affectionate abbreviation of honey”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, informal
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noun
Meaning 3
A woman perceived as basic, brash, working class and fond of alcohol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang
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noun
Meaning 4
A woman involved in a multi-level marketing scheme, especially one who pushes it on social media.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 5
A grey partridge.
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noun
Meaning 6
Alternative form of hoon (“Indian gold coin”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 7
A member of a nomadic tribe (the Huns) who invaded Europe in the fourth century from Central Asia.
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noun
Meaning 8
A vandal, a barbarian, an uncivilized destructive person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 9
A German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur
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Synonyms: Fritz, Jerry, Kraut
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noun
Meaning 10
A Protestant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang
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Synonyms: Prod, Proddy, orangie, Orangeman
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noun
Meaning 11
A Rangers Football Club supporter; an Orangeman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang
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Synonyms: Orangeman
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noun
Meaning 12
offensive term for a person of German descent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Kraut, Krauthead, Boche, Jerry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: German
noun
Meaning 13
a member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: nomad
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Khmer ហ៊ុន (hun).
Clipping of honey with pronunciation spelling.
Clipping of Hungarian partridge.
From Old English Hūnas, Hūne (both plural), from Late Latin Hunni, from Koine Greek Οὗννοι (Hoûnnoi), borrowed through Middle Iranian. Cognate with Old Norse húnir, Old High German Hunni. See also etymology of Xiongnu. Compare Sogdian [script needed] (xwn), Sanskrit हूण (hūṇa), and 匈奴 (OC *hoŋ-nâ) (c. 318 BCE) > *hɨoŋ-nɑ (Eastern Han), which Schuessler (2014:264) proposes to be transcription of foreign *Hŏna ~ Hŭna. More at Huns. As a derogatory term for Germans popularized by Rudyard Kipling, reacting to Germany's proposal that the Royal Navy be used to collect debts from Venezuela.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: հոն (hon) — member of nomadic tribe
- Middle Armenian: հոն (hon) — member of nomadic tribe
- Catalan: hun — member of nomadic tribe
- Chinese Mandarin: 匈人 (xiōngrén) — member of nomadic tribe
- Czech: Hun — member of nomadic tribe
- Dutch: Hun — member of nomadic tribe
- Faroese: húni — member of nomadic tribe
- Finnish: hunni — member of nomadic tribe
- French: Hun — member of nomadic tribe
- German: Hunne — member of nomadic tribe
- German: Hunnin — member of nomadic tribe
- Old High German: Hunni — member of nomadic tribe
- Greek: Ούννος (Oúnnos) — member of nomadic tribe
- Ancient Greek: Οὗννος (Hoûnnos) — member of nomadic tribe
- Ancient Greek: Χοῦννος (Khoûnnos) — member of nomadic tribe
- Hindi: हूण (hūṇ) — member of nomadic tribe
- Hungarian: hun — member of nomadic tribe
- Italian: unno — member of nomadic tribe
- Japanese: フン族 (fun-zoku) — member of nomadic tribe
- Kazakh: ғұн (ğūn) — member of nomadic tribe
- Latin: Hūnnī — member of nomadic tribe
- Latin: Chūnnī — member of nomadic tribe
- Mongolian: хүннү (xünnü) — member of nomadic tribe
- Norwegian: hun — member of nomadic tribe
- Norwegian Bokmål: huner — member of nomadic tribe
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hunar — member of nomadic tribe
- Old English: Hūne — member of nomadic tribe
- Old Norse: húnir — member of nomadic tribe
- Persian: هون (hun) — member of nomadic tribe
- Polish: Hun — member of nomadic tribe
- Polish: Hunka — member of nomadic tribe
- Portuguese: huno — member of nomadic tribe
- Russian: гунн (gunn) — member of nomadic tribe
- Sanskrit: हूण (hūṇa) — member of nomadic tribe
- Spanish: huno — member of nomadic tribe
- Turkish: Hun — member of nomadic tribe