honey

CEFRA2

/ˈhʌni/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A sweet, sticky food made by bees from flower nectar.

  2. 02

    noun

    A word used to address someone you love.

Examples

  • Hawaii's really the land of milk and honey.

  • Bees provide honey for us.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈhʌne/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A variety of this substance.

  2. A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.

  3. A term of affection.

More examples

In context

  • Sugar replaced honey as a sweetener.

  • Honey, would you take out the trash?

  • The honey in the pot should last for years.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English hony, honi, from Old English huniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą (compare Saterland Frisian Hunich, West Frisian hunich, German Low German Honnig, German Honig), from earlier *hunangą (compare North Frisian honning, hönning, West Frisian huning, Dutch honing, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk honning, Swedish honung, Faroese hunangur, Icelandic hunang), from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂onk-o-s, from *kn̥h₂ónks. Cognate with Middle Welsh canecon (“gold”), Latin canicae pl (“bran”), Tocharian B kronkśe (“bee”), Albanian qengjë (“beehive”), Ancient Greek κνῆκος (knêkos, “safflower”), Northern Kurdish şan (“beehive”), Northern Luri...