hu

See also: Variations of "hu"

hu - Translingual

Symbol

hu

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Hungarian.

hu - English

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hu (third-person singular, nominative case, reflexive huself) (epicene, nonstandard)

  1. (neologism) they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
  2. (neologism) them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.
  3. (neologism) their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

  • huself

Anagrams

hu - Abau

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hu/

Noun

hu

  1. water

hu - Akan

Pronunciation

  • Tone: L

Verb

hu

  1. to see
  2. to discern, to descry, to find

hu - Albanian

Alternative forms

  • Gheg:
    • indef. sg. huni
    • def. pl. hûj

Noun

hu m (indefinite plural hunj, definite singular huri, definite plural hunjtë)

  1. wooden post, fencepost
  2. stake, picket
  3. pole, stilt
  4. (colloquial) penis

hu - Chamorro

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hu/

Pronoun

hu

  1. I

Usage notes

hu - Chibcha

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hu/

Noun

hu

  1. Alternative form of bhu

hu - Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈhuˀ]

Noun

hu c (singular definite huen, not used in plural form)

  1. inclination, sympathy
  2. mind

Derived terms


Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈhuˀ]

Verb

hu

  1. imperative of hue

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈhuː]

Interjection

hu

  1. An expression of eeriness, horror or a very strong emotion

hu - Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [hu]
  • Hyphenation: hu

Interjection

hu

  1. oh, ooh, oof, wow (indicating surprise or another strong emotion)
    • Hu...mi kredis, ke tio ne veris.
      • Oh...I thought that wasn't true.

hu - German

Interjection

hu

  1. an exclamation of feeling cold

hu - Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈhu]

Interjection

hu

  1. boo (a loud exclamation intended to scare someone, especially a child)
  2. ah, oh (use to express fright)
    • Hu, de megijedtem!Ah, you startled me!
  3. ugh (used to express repugnance, disgust)
  4. hoot (cry of an owl; see huhog)

hu - Kriol

Pronoun

hu

  1. (interrogative) who

hu - Lower Sorbian

Preposition

hu (with genitive)

  1. Obsolete spelling of wu

hu - Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /u/ (between consonants)
  • IPA: /w/ (before or after a vowel)
  • IPA: /uː/ (when strongly stressed)
  • Homophone: u

Pronoun

hu

  1. Alternative form of huwa

Inflection

    Inflected forms of hu

hu - Mandarin

Romanization

hu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of .
  3. Nonstandard spelling of .
  4. Nonstandard spelling of .

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

hu - Middle Dutch

Determiner

hu

  1. Alternative spelling of u

Pronoun

hu

  1. Alternative spelling of u; accusative/dative of gi

hu - Middle English

Pronoun

hu

  1. Alternative form of heo (she)

hu - Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Pronoun

hu (accusative henne, genitive hennes)

  1. (Non-standard since 1959) she, (third person singular, feminine)

hu - Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronoun

hu

  1. (dialectal, nonstandard) alternative form of ho (she)

Interjection

hu

  1. Used to express discomfort.
  2. boo hoo
  3. hoot

hu - Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /xuː/, [huː]

Adverb

  1. how, in all senses, including:
    1. to what degree
      • eald is þīn dohtor?
        • How old is your daughter?
      • miċel gold hæfst þū on þē?
        • How much gold do you have on you?
    2. in what manner
      • sæġþ man þæt on Englisċ?
        • How do you say that in English?
      • færest þū?
        • How are you? (Literally: "How are you faring?")
    3. in what state
      • wæs þīn dæġ?
        • How was your day?
      • Þū canst Ælfrēd cyning? is hē?
        • You know King Alfred? What is he like?
    4. used in exclamations
    5. used to introduce negative rhetorical questions

Descendants

Conjunction

  1. how, in all senses:
    1. in what manner
      • Iċ leornode man wæġn ġebētt.
        • I learned how to repair a wagon.
      • Hīe āscodon hīe helpan meahten.
        • They asked how they could help.
    2. that, the fact that (introducing direct statements)
      • Iċ him sæġde iċ wǣre æt hām ealne dæġ and ne ġehīerde nāwiht.
        • I told them how I'd been at home all day and hadn't heard a thing.
      • Þæt is tō wundriġenne hīe þā bryċġe swā hrædlīċe ġefyldon.
        • It's amazing how they completed the bridge so quickly.

Descendants

hu - Old French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hy/

Interjection

hu

  1. a shouting noise made when pursuing someone or something

Noun

hu m (oblique plural hus, nominative singular hus, nominative plural hu)

  1. commotion; racket (noisy situation)

hu - Old Saxon

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /huː/

Adverb

hu

  1. how

Conjunction

hu

  1. how

Synonyms

hu - Romanian

Interjection

hu

  1. hoot (cry made by an owl)

hu - Sumerian

Romanization

hu

  1. Romanization of 𒄷 (ḫu)

hu - Zou

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hu˧/

Noun

hu

  1. steam
Meaning and Definition of hu
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