"honour" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ˈɒnə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-honour.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɒnə(ɹ)
  1. British spelling, Canadian spelling, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
    Sense id: en-honour-en-intj-HqgzUHNz Categories (other): Commonwealth English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 34 33

Noun

IPA: /ˈɒnə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-honour.wav [Southern-England] Forms: honours [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒnə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} honour (countable and uncountable, plural honours)
  1. British spelling, Canadian spelling, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-honour-en-noun-HqgzUHNz Categories (other): Commonwealth English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 34 33

Verb

IPA: /ˈɒnə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-honour.wav [Southern-England] Forms: honours [present, singular, third-person], honouring [participle, present], honoured [participle, past], honoured [past]
Rhymes: -ɒnə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-verb}} honour (third-person singular simple present honours, present participle honouring, simple past and past participle honoured)
  1. British spelling, Canadian spelling, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
    Sense id: en-honour-en-verb-HqgzUHNz Categories (other): Commonwealth English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 34 33

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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