honey
Signification
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- A viscous, gold-coloured sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
- A variety of this substance.
- Nectar.
- Something sweet or desirable.
- A term of affection.
- (informal) A woman, especially an attractive one.
- A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.
Fréquence
Coupé comme
hon‧ey
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈhʌni/
Étymologie
From Middle English hony, honi, from Old English huniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą (compare West Frisian hunich, German Honig), from earlier *hunangą (compare 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.
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