honneur

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

honneur

from Latin honor (same meaning). in Old French onor, enor, eneur, reworked into honneur according to Latin. the double n comes from a pronunciation of Middle French (the first n serving to note the nasalization of /o/ into /õ/, and the second serving to note the /n/). Scholarly words such as honorer, honorable, honorifique, etc. were directly borrowed from Latin, which explains why they have only one n.

Definitions

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Synonyms

Plural

honneurs

Anagram

huronne

Translations

  • germangerman:Ehre
  • englishenglish:accolade
  • koreankorean:명예
  • danishdanish:ære
  • spanishspanish:honor
  • finnishfinnish:kunnia
  • greekgreek:τιμή
  • italianitalian:onore
  • japanesejapanese:名誉
  • dutchdutch:hulde
  • polishpolish:cześć
  • portugueseportuguese:honra
  • russianrussian:честь
  • swedishswedish:ära
  • turkishturkish:şeref

See also

honoré (adj.) déshonneur (cn.) déshonorant (adj.) déshonorer (v.) déshonorable (adj.) honorabilité (cn.) honorable (adj.) honoraire (adj.) honorer (v.)