honey
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honey¹
- /ˈhʌni/ US, UK
- /ˈhʊni/ Northern England
- /ˈhʌne/ Scotland
Rhymes with -ʌni
Where it comes from
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, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk honning, Swedish honung, Faroese hunangur, Icelandic hunang), 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.
noun honeys · honies · hony · hunney · hunny
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A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
The honey in the pot should last for years.
Similar: mel
- A variety of this substance. The physical properties of the different honeys, color, granulation, aroma, flavor, etc., are indicated in the table only in a very general way.
- Nectar.
- Something sweet or desirable. O my love, my wife! / Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath / Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.
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A term of affection.
Honey, would you take out the trash?
Similar: darling
- A woman, especially an attractive one. Man, there are some fine honeys here tonight!
- A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.
- Precum; pre-ejaculate.
Similar: sweetie
adjective honeyer · honier · honeyest · honiest · hony · hunney
- Involving or resembling honey. So work the honey-bees, / Creatures that by a rule in nature teach / The act of order to a peopled kingdom.
- Of a pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like most types of honey. Then I looked close at the scalp he stroked, which was of the silkiest blonde. For a moment I was sure it come from Olga’s dear head, and reckoned also he had little Gus’s fine skull-cover someplace among his filthy effects, the stinking old savage, living out his life of murder, rapine, and squalor
- Honey-sweet. But he answered the question with the honiest—Bohemian honey—of smiles: […]
verb honeys · honeying · honeyed · hony · hunney
- To sweeten; to make agreeable.
- To add honey to.
- To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments. Honeying and making love.
- To be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn. [O]ne / Discuss'd his tutor, rough to common men / But honeying at the whisper of a lord; / And one the Master, as a rogue in grain / Veneer'd with sanctimonious theory.
Honey²
proper noun Honeys
- A female given name
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: colored, chromatic, dearest, love, beloved, loved one, dear, pea, cabbage, peanut, coco, cherry, pumpkin, lily, sourwood, petal
noun
Similar: sweetie
Translations
Every language
noun sweet substance produced by bees
| Español | miel |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 꿀 kkul, 봉밀 bongmil, 밀 mil |
| 日本語 | 蜂蜜 hachimitsu |
| 中文 | 蜂蜜 fēngmì, 蜜 mì, 蜂糖 fēngtáng |
| हिन्दी | मधु madhu, शहद śahad |
| Kiswahili | uki, asali |
| Português | mel |
| Français | miel |
| Deutsch | Honig |
| Italiano | miele |
| Ελληνικά | μέλι méli |
| Română | miere |
| Русский | мёд mjod |
| Tiếng Việt | mật ong |
| العربية | عَسَل ʕasal, شَهْد šahd |
| עברית | דְּבַשׁ dvash |
noun term of affection — see also darling
| Español | cariño, tesoro, cari, cielo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 여보 yeobo, 자기 jagi |
| 日本語 | ハニー hāni, あなた anata |
| 中文 | 寶貝 /宝贝 bǎobèi, 親愛的 /亲爱的, 哈你 hānǐ |
| Kiswahili | asali |
| Português | querida, querido |
| Italiano | carino, tesoro, gioia |
| Ελληνικά | γλύκα glýka, γλυκιά glykiá |
| Русский | ду́шенька dúšenʹka, голу́бушка golúbuška, ми́лая mílaja |
| العربية | حَبِيبِي ḥabībī, عَزِيزَتِي ʕazīzatī |
| עברית | מותק, מֹתֶק motek, חַבִּיבִּי khabíbi, חביבתי habibati |
noun informal: attractive woman
| Kiswahili | asali |
|---|
noun color
| Español | miel |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | asali |
| Português | mel |
| Ελληνικά | μελί melí, μελόχρουν melóchroun |
| Română | mieriu |
| Русский | медо́вый medóvyj |
| العربية | عَسَلِيّ ʕasaliyy |
Talk about this word "honey." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/honey. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. honey. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/honey "honey." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/honey.Cite this
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title = {honey},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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