"hn" meaning in English

See hn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interj}} hn
  1. Used to tag a rhetorical question. Related terms: hnn
    Sense id: en-hn-en-intj-7qOPmVEG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1956, Ian Fleming, chapter 14, in Diamonds Are Forever:",
          "text": "Up to seventeen per cent at bingo and the wheel of fortune, and fifteen to twenty per cent at the slots. Not bad for the House, hn?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to tag a rhetorical question."
      ],
      "id": "en-hn-en-intj-7qOPmVEG",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "hnn"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hn"
}
{
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    "Foreign word of the day archive",
    "Foreign words of the day in Egyptian",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hn",
      "name": "en-interj"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hnn"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "English interjections",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English words without vowels",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1956, Ian Fleming, chapter 14, in Diamonds Are Forever:",
          "text": "Up to seventeen per cent at bingo and the wheel of fortune, and fifteen to twenty per cent at the slots. Not bad for the House, hn?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to tag a rhetorical question."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hn"
}

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