"Honda" meaning in English

See Honda in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Hondas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 本田 (Honda) or Japanese ホンダ (Honda). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|本田|tr=Honda}} Japanese 本田 (Honda), {{bor|en|ja|ホンダ|tr=Honda}} Japanese ホンダ (Honda) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Hondas}} Honda (plural Hondas)
  1. A Japanese automotive and motorcycle manufacturer, named after its founder, Soichiro Honda. Categories (topical): Automobiles, Motorcycles Translations (automotive manufacturer): هُونْدَا (hūndā) [feminine] (Arabic), هُونْدَا (hondā) [feminine] (Arabic), 本田 (Běntián) (Chinese Mandarin), होंडा (hoṇḍā) [masculine] (Hindi), 本田 (Honda) (Japanese), ホンダ (Honda) (Japanese), 혼다 (Honda) (Korean), हॉन्डा (hŏnḍā) [feminine] (Marathi), Honda [feminine] (Polish), Хо́нда (Xónda) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Honda-en-name-OuWWdMYn Disambiguation of Automobiles: 73 12 16 Disambiguation of Motorcycles: 69 11 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 11 20 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 76 8 15 Disambiguation of 'automotive manufacturer': 91 4 5
  2. A brand of car manufactured by Honda, or a car of this brand.
    Sense id: en-Honda-en-name-Gcd4PYFA
  3. A motorbike manufactured by Honda.
    Sense id: en-Honda-en-name-Zp1S4zxT

Inflected forms

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