honte
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See also: hoňte
Etymology
Adverb
honte
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French honte, from Old French hunte (“dishonour”), from Early Medieval Latin haunta, borrowed from Frankish *haunitha (“disdain, scorn, ridicule”), from Proto-Germanic *hauniþō (“humiliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw- (“to be evil, make evil”).
Cognate with Old High German hōnida (“dishonour”), Middle Dutch hoonde (“dishonour”), Old English hīenþ, hīenþu (“humiliation”). More at hean.
Pronunciation
Noun
honte f (plural hontes)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “honte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Early Medieval Latin haunta, borrowed from Frankish *haunitha.
Pronunciation
Noun
honte oblique singular, f (oblique plural hontes, nominative singular honte, nominative plural hontes)
- shame (feeling)
Derived terms
- honter
Descendants
Borrowings:
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*hauniþa”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 183
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- 𑀳𑁄𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
- होन्ते (Devanagari script)
- হোন্তে (Bengali script)
- හොන්තෙ (Sinhalese script)
- ဟောန္တေ or ႁေႃၼ္တေ or ႁေႃၼ်တေ (Burmese script)
- โหนฺเต or โหนเต (Thai script)
- ᩉᩮᩣᨶ᩠ᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script)
- ໂຫນ຺ເຕ or ໂຫນເຕ (Lao script)
- ហោន្តេ (Khmer script)
- 𑄦𑄮𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄬 (Chakma script)
Adjective
honte
- inflection of hoti (“to be”):
Etymology
Noun
honte
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