"hubby" meaning in English

See hubby in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈhʌbi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hubby.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hubbier [comparative], hubbiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌbi Etymology: hub + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hub|y}} hub + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} hubby (comparative hubbier, superlative hubbiest)
  1. (US) Full of hubs or protuberances. Tags: US Categories (topical): Male people
    Sense id: en-hubby-en-adj-FCFPsbSb Disambiguation of Male people: 72 28 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms of address, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 85 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈhʌbi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hubby.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hubbies [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌbi Etymology: Diminutive of husband with + -y. Etymology templates: {{m|en|husband}} husband, {{suffix|en||y}} + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} hubby (plural hubbies)
  1. (informal, term of endearment) Husband. Tags: informal Synonyms: hubbyman [rare] Translations (husband): aviomies (Finnish), ukko [informal] (Finnish), ქმარუკა (kmaruḳa) (Georgian), αντρούλης (antroúlis) [masculine] (Greek), ハズ (Japanese), mężuś [masculine] (Polish), mężulek [masculine] (Polish), maridão [masculine] (Portuguese), velho [masculine] (Portuguese), муженёк (muženjók) [masculine] (Russian), kociş (Turkish), чолові́ченько (čolovíčenʹko) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ông xã [informal] (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-hubby-en-noun-idKL5rhZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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