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honte

See also: hoňte

Esperanto

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Etymology

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honto +‎ -e

Adverb

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honte

  1. shamefully
  2. ashamedly

French

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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honte f (plural hontes)

  1. shame (feeling)
  2. shame (something shameful)

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Early Medieval Latin haunta, borrowed from Frankish *haunitha.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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honte oblique singular, f (oblique plural hontes, nominative singular honte, nominative plural hontes)

  1. shame (feeling)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle French: honte
  • → Middle English: hountee, honteye

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Adjective

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honte

  1. inflection of hoti (“to be”):
    1. present active participle masculine/neuter locative singular
    2. present active participle masculine accusative plural

Tsou

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien 皇帝 (hông-tè).

Noun

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honte

  1. emperor
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