Hun

English

Huns (etymology 1, noun sense 1)
Our Job Is to Beat the Hun (etymology 1, noun sense 3)
Huns (etymology 1, noun sense 4)

Etymology 1

From Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#HUNCategory:English terms derived from Old English#HUN Hūnas, Hūne (both plural), from Late LatinCategory:English terms derived from Late Latin#HUN Hunni, from Koine GreekCategory:English terms derived from Koine Greek#HUN Οὗννοι (Hoûnnoi), borrowed through Middle IranianCategory:English terms derived from Middle Iranian languages#HUN. Cognate with Old Norse húnir, Old High German Hunni. See also etymology of Xiongnu.

Compare Sogdian [script needed]Category:Requests for native script for Sogdian terms#HUN (xwn), Sanskrit हूण (hūṇa), and 匈奴 (OC *hoŋ-nâ) (c. 318 BCE) > *hɨoŋ-nɑ (Eastern Han), which Schuessler (2014:264)[1] proposes to be transcription of foreign *Hŏna ~ Hŭna. More at Huns.

As a derogatory term for Germans popularized by Rudyard Kipling,[2] reacting to Germany's proposal that the Royal Navy be used to collect debts from Venezuela.

Pronunciation

Noun

Hun (plural Huns)Category:English lemmas#HUNCategory:English nouns#HUNCategory:English countable nouns#HUNCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HUNCategory:Pages with entries#HUNCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HUN

  2. A member of a nomadic tribe (the Huns) who invaded Europe in the fourth century from Central Asia.
  4. (figuratively) A vandal, a barbarian, an uncivilized destructive person.
  6. (slangCategory:English slang#HUN, derogatoryCategory:English derogatory terms#HUN, ethnic slurCategory:English ethnic slurs#HUN) A German.
    Synonyms: Fritz, Jerry, Kraut
    • 1919, Gerald Featherstone Knight, Brother Bosch: An Airman's Escape from Germany‎:
      Doubtless the first German band to return to England will be composed of the most gentle peace and beer-loving Huns that ever visited our favoured shores.
      Category:English terms with quotations#HUN
  8. (slangCategory:English slang#HUN, derogatoryCategory:English derogatory terms#HUN, UKCategory:British English#HUN, IrelandCategory:Irish English#HUN) A Protestant.
    Synonyms: Prod, Proddy, orangie, Orangeman
  9. (slangCategory:English slang#HUN, derogatoryCategory:English derogatory terms#HUN, UKCategory:British English#HUN, IrelandCategory:Irish English#HUN) A Rangers Football Club supporter; an Orangeman.[3]
    Synonym: Orangeman
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from KhmerCategory:English terms borrowed from Khmer#HUNCategory:English terms derived from Khmer#HUN ហ៊ុន (hun).

Proper noun

Hun (plural Huns)Category:English lemmas#HUNCategory:English proper nouns#HUNCategory:English countable nouns#HUNCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HUNCategory:Pages with entries#HUNCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HUN

  1. A surname from KhmerCategory:English surnames#HUNCategory:English surnames from Khmer#HUN.
Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Hun is the 35993rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 623 individuals. Hun is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (73.52%) and White (12.2%) individuals.

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Schuessler, Axel (2014). "Phonological Notes on Hàn Period Transcriptions of Foreign Names and Words" in Studies in Chinese and Sino-Tibetan Linguistics: Dialect, Phonology, Transcription and Text. Series: Language and Linguistics Monograph Series. 53 Ed. VanNess Simmons, Richard & Van Auken, Newell Ann. Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
  2. ↑ Rudyard Kipling (1902), “The Rowers”, in The years between, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1919: “‘In sight of peace—from the Narrow Seas / O'er half the world to run— / With a cheated crew, to league anew / With the Goth and the shameless Hun!’”
  3. ↑ https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14781611.use-of-word-hun-and-jock-of-limited-concern-but-fenian-and-prod-is-unacceptable-says-ofcom/

Anagrams

Category:en:Tribes#HUN

Dutch

Etymology

From Late LatinCategory:Dutch terms derived from Late Latin#HUN Hunni.

Pronunciation

Noun

Hun m (plural Hunnen, diminutive Hunnetje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#HUNCategory:Dutch nouns#HUNCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#HUNCategory:Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines#HUNCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#HUNCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#HUNCategory:Pages with entries#HUNCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HUN

  1. a Hun, member of the nomadic tribe
  2. (figuratively) a barbarian, brute

French

Etymology

From LatinCategory:French terms derived from Latin#HUN Hunni. Possibly a doublet of XiongnuCategory:French doublets#HUN.

Proper noun

Hun mCategory:French lemmas#HUNCategory:French proper nouns#HUNCategory:French uncountable nouns#HUNCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#HUNCategory:French masculine nouns#HUNCategory:Pages with entries#HUNCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HUN

  1. Huns; alternative form of Huns; a nomadic people originating out of Central Asia that invaded the Roman Empire in the 5th century

Noun

Hun m (plural Huns)Category:French lemmas#HUNCategory:French nouns#HUNCategory:French countable nouns#HUNCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#HUNCategory:French masculine nouns#HUNCategory:Pages with entries#HUNCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HUN

  1. Hun; a member of the Huns, a nomadic tribe originating out of Central Asia that invaded the Roman Empire in the 5th century

Derived terms

North Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old FrisianCategory:North Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian#HUN hond. Cognates include hân.

Noun

Hun f (plural Hunen)Category:North Frisian lemmas#HUNCategory:North Frisian nouns#HUNCategory:North Frisian entries with incorrect language header#HUNCategory:North Frisian feminine nouns#HUNCategory:Pages with entries#HUNCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HUN

  1. (SyltCategory:Sylt North Frisian#HUN) hand
Category:frr:Anatomy#HUN

Old English

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hun mCategory:Old English lemmas#HUNCategory:Old English proper nouns#HUNCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#HUNCategory:Old English masculine nouns#HUNCategory:Pages with entries#HUNCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HUN

  1. a male given nameCategory:Old English given names#HUNCategory:Old English male given names#HUN

References

  • A. D. Mills (9 October 2003), A Dictionary of British Place-Names‎, OUP Oxford, →ISBN

Old High German

Proper noun

HūnCategory:Old High German non-lemma forms#HUNCategory:Old High German proper noun forms#HUNCategory:Old High German entries with incorrect language header#HUNCategory:Pages with entries#HUNCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HUN

  1. nominative/accusative singular of Hūni

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Hun (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜈ᜔)Category:Tagalog lemmas#HUNCategory:Tagalog proper nouns#HUNCategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#HUNCategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#HUNCategory:Tagalog terms without pronunciation template#HUNCategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#HUNCategory:Pages with entries#HUNCategory:Pages with 7 entries#HUN

  1. abbreviation of HunyoCategory:Tagalog abbreviations#HUN: Jun
    Coordinate terms: Ene, Peb, Mar, Abr, May, Hul, Ago, Set, Okt, Nob, Dis
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