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- [huhn]
- /hʌn/
- /hʌn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [huhn]
- /hʌn/
Definitions of hun word
- noun hun a member of a nomadic and warlike Asian people who devastated or controlled large parts of eastern and central Europe and who exercised their greatest power under Attila in the 5th century a.d. 1
- noun hun (often lowercase) a barbarous, destructive person; vandal. 1
- noun hun Older Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a German, especially a German soldier in World War I or II. 1
- noun hun The disparaging and offensive use of this term likens the Germans to the barbarous and warlike Huns of the 4th and 5th centuries. The source of the comparison was a speech by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1900, encouraging German soldiers bound for China to act toward the Chinese just like “the Huns a thousand years ago.” 1
- noun hun A member of a warlike Asiatic nomadic people who ravaged Europe in the 4th–5th centuries. 1
- noun hun a member of any of several Asiatic nomadic peoples speaking Mongoloid or Turkic languages who dominated much of Asia and E Europe from before 300 bc, invading the Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries ad 0
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Origin of hun
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; 1895-1900 for def 3; singular of Huns, Old English Hūnas; cognate with Old Norse Hūnar; akin to Late Latin Hunnī
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Parts of speech for Hun
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adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hun popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hun usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hun
noun hun
- clod — A clod of earth is a large lump of earth.
- ruffian — a tough, lawless person; roughneck; bully.
- monster — a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- philistine — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
- lout — an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
Antonyms for hun
noun hun
- humanitarian — having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people.
- sophisticate — a sophisticated person.
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