honour
/ˈɒnə/US/ˈɑnəɹ/
honour noun: british, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
Noun
honour (countable and uncountable, plural honours)
- British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
- Honours are normally awarded twice a year: on The Queen's Birthday in June and at the New Year.
- The lorde of the honour or manour1523, Anthony Fitzherbert, Book of Surveying
Verb
honour (third-person singular simple present honours, present participle honouring, simple past and past participle honoured)
- British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
Interjection
- British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
Proper noun capitalized: Honour
Honour (plural Honours)
- A female given name from English, a less common spelling of Honor.
honour meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
honour in Hindi
- honour, glory
- गौरव gaurav
- honour, respect
- इज़्ज़त izzat
- honour, merit
- आबरू ābrū
- honour, respect, reverence
- सत्कार satkār
honour in Tamil
- மாண்பு, மதிப்பு, கெளரவம், கௌரவப் படுத்து
honour in Marathi
- honour, reputation
- अब्रू abrū
- to honour, respect
- मानणे mānṇe
- honour, dignity
- गौरव gaurav
honour in Urdu
- honour, esteem
- عزت 'izzat
- honour
- تشریف taśrīf, حیا ḥayā, پردہ parda
- honour, glory
- گورو gaurav
- honour; good name
- لاج lāj
More languagesFewer languages
- honour in Bengali
- গৌরব gōurob, সমাদর śomador, সম্মান śomman, যশ joś
- honour in Telugu
- సన్మానము sanmānamu, పెంపు pempu
- honour in Malayalam
- ബഹുമതി, മാഹാത്മ്യം, മതിപ്പ്, ആദരവ്
- honour in Kannada
- ಮದಿಪು, ಅಡ್ಡಿ, ತಕ್ಕಮೆ, ಮರ್ಯಾದೆ
- honour in Punjabi
- ਇੱਜ਼ਤ izzat, ਆਬਰੂ ābrū, ਗੌਰਵ gaurav, ਨਮੂਜ namūj
- honour in Gujarati
- ઇજ્જત ijjat
- honour in Odia
- ମାନ māna
- honour in Sanskrit
- पूजयति pūjayati, प्रतिमन् pratiman, यशस् yáśas, अञ्च् añc
- honour in Assamese
- গৌৰৱ gourow
- honour in Pashto
- پت pat, ننګ nang
Examples of honour in a sentence
- A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 13:57:
- And when the long-illumined cities flame, / Their ever-loyal iron leader's fame, / With honour, honour, honour, honour to him, / Eternal honour to his name.1852, Alfred Tennyson, “Stanza X”, in Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 14:
- It was named in honour of his colleague Cate Lemann, by Bry the Fly Guy (aka Dr Bryan Lessard), an entomologist at our insect collection.2019 July 1, “A Game of Flies: naming 230 new species”, in CSIRO, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2023:
Forms of honour
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | honours |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | honours |
| present participle | honouring |
| past participle | honoured |
| past | honoured |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Honours |
Words formed from honour
Phrases with honour
- honour bar
- honour box
- honour jar
- honour bars
- honour jars
- honour roll
- Your Honour
- honour boxes
- honour cards
- honour guard
- honour point
- honour rolls
56 more phrasesFewer phrases
- in honour of
- bed of honour
- do the honour
- honour bright
- honour guards
- honour killer
- honour system
- lap of honour
- beds of honour
- code of honour
- debt of honour
- did the honour
- dubious honour
- honour killers
- honour killing
- honour systems
- laps of honour
- maid of honour
- Scout's honour
- word of honour
- badge of honour
- codes of honour
- court of honour
- debts of honour
- does the honour
- done the honour
- field of honour
- fount of honour
- guard of honour
- guest of honour
- honour killings
- maids of honour
- words of honour
- affair of honour
- badges of honour
- courts of honour
- doing the honour
- fields of honour
- founts of honour
- guards of honour
- guests of honour
- Legion of Honour
- matron of honour
- places of honour
- points of honour
- affairs of honour
- matrons of honour
- maid of honour tart
- honour among thieves
- honour in the breach
- maid of honour tarts
- maids of honour cake
- maids of honour tart
- maids of honour cakes
- maids of honour tarts
- there is no honour among thieves
Words that rhyme with honour
Questions about honour
- What does honour mean?
- Honour means british, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
- What is honour in Hindi?
- Honour in Hindi is गौरव (gaurav), इज़्ज़त (izzat), आबरू (ābrū). See Honour meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use honour in a sentence?
- A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country.
- What part of speech is honour?
- Honour can be a noun, a verb, an interjection or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce honour?
- Honour is pronounced /ˈɒnə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of honour?
- The plural of honour is honours.
Words near honour in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: honour (page history and authors); Honour (page history and authors); आबरू (Hindi) (page history and authors); honour (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अब्रू (Marathi) (page history and authors); تشریف (Urdu) (page history and authors); গৌরব (Bengali) (page history and authors); పెంపు (Telugu) (page history and authors); honour (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); honour (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); عزت (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ઇજ્જત (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ମାନ (Odia) (page history and authors); अञ्चति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); গৌৰৱ (Assamese) (page history and authors); ننګ (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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