"hun" meaning in English

See hun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hʌn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hun3.wav [Southern-England] Forms: huns [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌn Head templates: {{en-noun}} hun (plural huns)
  1. (informal) Alternative spelling of hon (“affectionate abbreviation of honey”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, informal Alternative form of: hon (extra: affectionate abbreviation of honey)
    Sense id: en-hun-en-noun-6GFM8uRc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 10 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 31 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /hʌn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hun3.wav [Southern-England] Forms: huns [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌn Etymology: Short for Hungarian partridge. Etymology templates: {{no deprecated lang param usage|Short for <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Hungarian partridge</i></span>.|lang=}} Short for Hungarian partridge., {{short for|en|Hungarian partridge}} Short for Hungarian partridge. Head templates: {{en-noun}} hun (plural huns)
  1. A grey partridge. Categories (lifeform): Fowls
    Sense id: en-hun-en-noun-dab3uomU Disambiguation of Fowls: 27 43 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 10 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 31 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /hʌn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hun3.wav [Southern-England] Forms: huns [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌn Head templates: {{en-noun}} hun (plural huns)
  1. Alternative form of hoon (“Indian gold coin”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hoon (extra: Indian gold coin)
    Sense id: en-hun-en-noun-6E2jIned Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 10 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 31 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hun meaning in English (4.7kB)

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