honey

Betekenis

Noun

1. A viscous, gold-coloured sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
2. A variety of this substance.
3. Nectar.
4. Something sweet or desirable.
5. A term of affection.
6. (informal) A woman, especially an attractive one.
7. A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.

Adj

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

Verb

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

Met koppelteken als

hon‧ey

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈhʌni/

Etymologie

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.