different between hun vs chicken
hun
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?n/
Etymology 1
Noun
hun (plural huns)
- (informal) Alternative spelling of hon (“affectionate abbreviation of honey”)
Etymology 2
Short for Hungarian partridge.
Noun
hun (plural huns)
- A grey partridge.
Anagrams
- nuh, unh
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- hund, hunn, hònn (Walser)
- Hund
Etymology
From Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz. Cognate with German Hund, Dutch hond, English hound, Icelandic hundur.
Noun
hun m
- (Formazza) dog
References
- “hun” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Breton
Noun
hun ?
- sleep
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?un/
- Homophone: un
Noun
hun m (plural huns, feminine huna)
- Hun
Further reading
- “hun” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “hun” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “hun” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hón (“she”), from Proto-Norse *???? (*hanu), the feminine form, with u-umlaut, of *????? (*hanaz) (= Danish han (“he”), Old Norse hann).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?hun]
Pronoun
hun (objective case hende, possessive hendes)
- (personal) she
See also
References
- “hun,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Noun
hun c (singular definite hunnen, plural indefinite hunner)
- female, she
Inflection
References
- “hun,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n/
- Hyphenation: hun
- Rhymes: -?n
Etymology 1
Pronoun
hun (personal)
- The dative case of the third-person plural personal pronoun: them, to them.
- (proscribed) The accusative case of the third-person plural personal pronoun: them.
Usage notes
The difference between hen (as direct object) and hun (as indirect object) does not stem from actual language usage, but was created artificially by the prescriptive grammarian Christiaen van Heule in the 17th century in an attempt to differentiate between the accusative (direct object) and dative case (indirect object), a distinction that was then commonly made in the definite article and certain pronouns, but not the personal pronouns.
In practice, hen and hun have been used interchangeably in Modern Dutch since the language has lost its grammatical case system. Many native speakers are not aware or have trouble remembering when to use the one or the other, in part because of the rule's artificiality, in part because the distinction in form between the accusative and dative case has not been preserved anywhere else in the language. As a consequence, it is common to hear sentences where they are used in the exactly opposite way from van Heule's rule; for example:
- Hij heeft hun verraden. (“He has betrayed them.”)
- Ze zijn met hun uitgegaan. (“They have gone out with them.”)
- Ik heb het hen gegeven. (“I have given it to them.”)
When the pronoun is unstressed, the problem can be circumvented by using the reduced form ze:
- Hij heeft ze verraden.
- Ze zijn met ze uitgegaan.
- Ik heb het ze gegeven.
For more information, see the article in the Dutch Wikipedia.
Pronoun
hun (personal) (dependent possessive) (independent possessive hunne)
- The third-person plural possessive pronoun: their.
Inflection
Related terms
- zij, ze
- hen
Etymology 2
Likely a replacement of or based on dialectal Dutch hullie or a variant thereof, which is a contraction of hunlieden or hunlui, a compound of hun ("them") + lieden or lui (both meaning "men, people"), which then translates roughly into "them-people". Possibly reinfluenced by or confused with the possessive hun. This etymology explains why usage of hun occurs only when referring to people, never to objects. It's similar to dialectal zun often used colloquially in the Belgian province of Antwerp, which is a contraction of ze ("they") + hun ("them"), and which is also only used for people. Also compare Afrikaans hulle, which also stems from hunlui, but is now used also for things. For more information, see the article in the Dutch Wikipedia.
Pronoun
hun (personal)
- (proscribed, regiolectal, Netherlands) The nominative case of the third-person plural personal pronoun: they (only referring to people).
- Synonyms: zijlui, zijlieden
Usage notes
- The use of hun as a subject is considered incorrect or substandard by most speakers, both in written and spoken language, and only occurs in the Netherlands.
- For a 3rd person plural pronoun referring to people only, zijlui or zijlieden can be used instead.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?hun]
- Rhymes: -un
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin Hunni.
Adjective
hun (not comparable)
- Hunnic, Hunnish (of or relating to the Huns)
Declension
Noun
hun (plural hunok)
- Hun (a member of a nomadic tribe)
Declension
Etymology 2
From hol.
Adverb
hun
- (dialectal) Alternative form of hol (“where”).
Derived terms
- sehun (dialectal)
References
Further reading
- (Hun, Hunnic): hun in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
- (where [dialectal]): hun in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Iu Mien
Etymology
From Chinese ? (MC ???n).
Noun
hun
- garden
Label
Etymology
Compare Tolai vudu and Patpatar hudu.
Noun
hun
- banana
References
- Ulrike Mosel, Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (1980)
Malay
Noun
hun (plural hun-hun, informal 1st possessive hunku, impolite 2nd possessive hunmu, 3rd possessive hunnya)
- A unit of weight equal to one hundredth of a tahil.
Mandarin
Romanization
hun (Zhuyin ????)
- Nonstandard spelling of h?n.
- Nonstandard spelling of hún.
- Nonstandard spelling of h?n.
- Nonstandard spelling of hùn.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle English
Noun
hun
- Alternative form of hund (“hundred”)
Middle Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?n/
Numeral
hun
- h-prothesized form of un
Min Nan
Mizo
Noun
hun
- time
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian hond. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian hönj and West Frisian hân.
Noun
hun f (plural hunen)
- (Föhr-Amrum) (anatomy) hand
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Danish hun, from Old Norse hón.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?n/
- Homophones: hund, hunn
- Rhymes: -?n
Pronoun
hun (accusative henne, genitive hennes)
- she
Derived terms
- hunkjønn / hunnkjønn
See also
- ho (Nynorsk)
- hoe (Nynorsk)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse húnn (“a die”).
Alternative forms
- hon
Noun
hun m (definite singular hunen, indefinite plural huner, definite plural hunene)
- back board
References
- “hun” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse húnn (“bear cub”), from Proto-Germanic *h?naz.
Noun
hun m (definite singular hunen, indefinite plural hunar, definite plural hunane)
- a bear cub
- Synonym: bjørnunge
Etymology 2
From Old Norse húnn (“die”).
Alternative forms
- (since 2019) hon
Noun
hun m (definite singular hunen, indefinite plural hunar, definite plural hunane)
- back part of a log that might still be used as a plank
Etymology 3
From Old Norse húnar pl and húnir pl.
Noun
hun m (definite singular hunen, indefinite plural hunar, definite plural hunane)
- a Hun; form removed by a 2016 spelling decision; superseded by hunar
References
Old Portuguese
Article
hun
- Alternative form of ?u
Romanian
Etymology
From French Huns, from Latin Hunni.
Noun
hun m (plural huni)
- Hun
Declension
Tetum
Noun
hun
- bottom, base
- beginning
- origin
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [hun??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [hun??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [h?w??m??]
Etymology 1
Typical Central and Southern Vietnamese retention of medial *u, which often developed into ‹ô› (or ‹o›) in Northern dialects; later strengthened with the use of "slang" to avoid awkward situations. Compare rún vs. r?n, thúi vs. th?i.
Verb
hun • (?)
- Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam form of hôn
Synonyms
- th?m, hôn, chu, ch?t, mi
Etymology 2
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese ? (SV: huân).
Verb
hun • (?, ?, ?)
- to smoke (to preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke)
Derived terms
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /h??n/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /hi?n/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Brythonic *h?n, from Proto-Celtic *sounos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (“sleep”).
Noun
hun f (plural hunau, not mutable)
- sleep
Derived terms
- huno (verb)
Etymology 2
The pronoun is a lexicalization of the mutated numeral.
Numeral
hun
- h-prothesized form of un
Mutation
Pronoun
hun
- (with possessive article, North Wales) self
Related terms
- hunan (South Wales)
Yucatec Maya
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *juun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?hun]
Numeral
hun
- one
Derived terms
References
- Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 152: “Hun. Vno. 1.”
- Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., ?ISBN, pages 58, 203
hun From the web:
- what hunting season is it
- what hunger games character am i
- what hunger games district am i in
- what hunting season is it in nc
- what hunting season is it now
- what hunts tigers
- what hunts lions
- what hunger games did haymitch win
chicken
English
Wikispecies
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ch?k'?n, IPA(key): /?t???k?n/
- Rhymes: -?k?n, -?k?n
- Hyphenation: chick?en
Etymology 1
From Middle English chiken (also as chike > English chick), from Old English ?icen, ?ycen (“chicken”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *kiuk?n (“chicken”), or alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *kukk?n, equivalent to cock +? -en. Compare North Frisian schückling (“chicken”), Saterland Frisian Sjuuken (“chicken”), Dutch kuiken (“chick, chicken”), German Low German Küken (“chick”), whence German Küken (“chick”), (elevated, obsolete) German Küchlein (“chick”) and Old Norse kjúklingr (“chicken”).
Noun
chicken (countable and uncountable, plural chickens)
- (countable) A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young.
- 1997, Beverley Randell, Clive Harper, Chickens, Nelson Thornes (?ISBN), page 8:
- Some chickens lay eggs almost every day. […] Chickens are kept for their meat, too.
- 1997, Beverley Randell, Clive Harper, Chickens, Nelson Thornes (?ISBN), page 8:
- (uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
- 1995, Jean Paré, Chicken, Etc., Company's Coming Publishing Limited (?ISBN), page 7:
- Before cooking chicken, or other poultry, rinse with cold water and pat dry with a paper towel.
- 1995, Jean Paré, Chicken, Etc., Company's Coming Publishing Limited (?ISBN), page 7:
- (archaic) The young of any bird; a chick.
- (countable, slang) A coward.
- 2008, Lanakila Michael Achong, Haole Boy: The Adoption of Diversity, iUniverse (?ISBN), page 44:
- Usually, I had no problem approaching girls, but this one was different. I went home and berated myself for being such a chicken.
- (More commonly used as an adjective with this sense; see below.)
- 2008, Lanakila Michael Achong, Haole Boy: The Adoption of Diversity, iUniverse (?ISBN), page 44:
- (countable, slang) A young or inexperienced person.
- 1886, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Lauriston Garden Mystery”, in A Study in Scarlet (Beeton's Christmas Annual; 28th season), London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., November 1887, OCLC 15800088; republished as A Study in Scarlet. A Detective Story, new edition, London: Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co., 1892, OCLC 23246292, page 43:
- "This case will make a stir, sir," he remarked. "It beats anything I have seen, and I am no chicken."
- 1886, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Lauriston Garden Mystery”, in A Study in Scarlet (Beeton's Christmas Annual; 28th season), London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., November 1887, OCLC 15800088; republished as A Study in Scarlet. A Detective Story, new edition, London: Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co., 1892, OCLC 23246292, page 43:
- (countable, Polari) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
- The game of dare.
- A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the chicken (that is, the loser).
- A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the chicken (that is, the loser).
- A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.
Synonyms
- (bird): biddy, chook (Australia, NZ)
- (coward): see Thesaurus:coward
- (young inexperienced person): spring chicken
- (young, attractive, slim man): twink
Hyponyms
- (bird): cock, cockerel, rooster (male), hen (female), chick (young), broiler (suitable as food)
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? German: Chicken
- ? Irish: sicín
- ? Japanese: ??? (chikin)
- ? Korean: ?? (chikin)
Translations
See also
- egg
- poultry
- ????
Adjective
chicken (comparative more chicken, superlative most chicken)
- (informal) Cowardly.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cowardly, Thesaurus:afraid
Derived terms
- chicken out
Etymology 2
Shortening of chicken out.
Verb
chicken (third-person singular simple present chickens, present participle chickening, simple past and past participle chickened)
- (intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.
Etymology 3
From chick +? -en (plural ending).
Noun
chicken
- (Britain dialectal or obsolete) plural of chick
Further reading
- chicken on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- chicken (food) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- chicken (game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- chicken (gay slang) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- chicken (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- check in, check-in, checkin', in check
Scots
Etymology
From English chicken.
Noun
chicken (plural chickens)
- chicken
chicken From the web:
- what chickens lay blue eggs
- what chickens lay white eggs
- what chickens lay green eggs
- what chickens lay brown eggs
- what chicken lays the most eggs
- what chickens lay pink eggs
- what chickens eat
- what chicken lays black eggs