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Hortense

/(h)ɔː(ɹ)tɑ̃s/

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Anglicised/ˈhɔː(ɹ)tɛns/

Hortense proper noun: a female given name from French.

Proper noun

Hortense

  1. A female given name from French.
    • Her name was Mabel Hortense, and the children were very proud of having a cousin who lived in the city and was named Mabel Hortense. At Damsonfield Four Corners, where they lived, all the little girls were name Mary Jane or Sarah Ann or Lucy Maria, or, at the best, Hattie and Carrie; they had...1883, Sophie Swett, “All the Plums”, in St. Nicholas Magazine, Vol.10, Part 1, page 34
  2. An unincorporated community in Brantley County, Georgia, United States.

Origin of Hortense

From the French form of the Latin Hortēnsia, feminine form of Hortēnsius (“name of a Roman gens”), probably derived from hortēnsis (“having to do with gardens”) on the basis that the first to bear the name was a gardener.

Questions about Hortense

What does Hortense mean?
Hortense means a female given name from French.
What part of speech is Hortense?
Hortense is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Hortense?
Hortense is pronounced /ˈhɔː(ɹ)tɛns/ (Anglicised).

Words near Hortense in the dictionary

  1. hortatories
  2. hortatorily
  3. hortatory
  4. hortatory memoranda
  5. hortatory memorandum
  6. Hortense
  7. hortensia
  8. hortensial
  9. hortensias
  10. Horthyan
  11. horti-

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