honey

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
2. (countable, usually) A variety of this substance.
3. (rare, uncountable, usually) Nectar.
4. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) Something sweet or desirable.
5. (uncountable, usually) A term of affection.
6. (countable, informal, usually) A woman, especially an attractive one.
7. (uncountable, usually) A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.
8. (uncountable, usually, vulgar) Precum; pre-ejaculate.

Adj

1. Involving or resembling honey.
2. Of a pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like most types of honey.
3. Honey-sweet.

Verb

1. (transitive) To sweeten; to make agreeable.
2. (transitive) To add honey to.
3. (intransitive) To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments.
4. (intransitive) To be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.

Sinonieme

darling

sweetheart

dear

bee

🐝

sweetie

nectar

syrup

love

❤️

juice

beloved

sugar

honeycomb

sugarbag

beehive

mel

butter

🧈

sweet

oil

dearest

my dear

fuck

👉👌

cutie

chuff

freak

frame

curd

frig

frock

flip

futz

mess

flatter

cumin

buttermilk

flame

fetch

cum

lather

fat

jizz

face cream

load

lot

lover

❤️

malt

mayonnaise

cream

jism

mettle

jelly

Vertalings

miel

🍯

miel

🍯

Honig

🍯

miele

🍯

honing

🍯

mel

🍯

mel

🍯

μέλι

bal

🍯

mel

🍯

عسل

mèl

honig

chéri

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈhʌni/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: hony

Geërf van Old English: huniġ

Verwante met Fries: hunich

Verwante met Duits: Honig

Verwante met Sweeds: honung

Verwante met Middle Welsh: canecon

Verwante met Latyn: canicae

Verwante met Tokharian B: kronkśe

Verwante met Albanees: qengjë

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: κνῆκος

Verwante met Northern Kurdish: şan

Verwante met Noord-Luri: گونج

Verwante met Fins: hunaja

In summary

From Middle English hony, honi, from Old English huniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą (compare Saterland Frisian Hunich, West Frisian hunich, German Low German Honnig, German Honig), from earlier *hunangą (compare North Frisian honning, hönning, West Frisian huning, Dutch honing, Swedish honung), from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂onk-o-s, from *kn̥h₂ónks.
Cognate with Middle Welsh canecon (“gold”), Latin canicae pl (“bran”), Tocharian B kronkśe (“bee”), Albanian qengjë (“beehive”), Ancient Greek κνῆκος (knêkos, “safflower”), Northern Kurdish şan (“beehive”), Northern Luri گونج (gonj, “bee”), Finnish hunaja.