honour

See also:Honour

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɒnə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes:-ɒnə(ɹ)

Noun

honour(countableanduncountable,pluralhonours)

1. British,Canadian,Commonwealth,andIrelandstandard spelling ofhonor.

   Honoursare normally awarded twice a year: on The Queen's Birthday in June and at the New Year.

   • 1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Matthew13:57:

     A prophet is not withouthonour,save in his own country.

   • 1852,Alfred Tennyson,“Stanza X”, inOde on the Death of theDuke of Wellington,London:Edward Moxon,[…],→OCLC,page14:

     And when the long-illumined cities flame, / Their ever-loyal iron leader's fame, / Withhonour,honour,honour,honourto him, / Eternalhonourto his name.

   • 1523,Anthony Fitzherbert,Book of Surveying:

     The lorde of thehonouror manour

Translations

honour—seehonor

Verb

honour(third-person singular simple presenthonours,present participlehonouring,simple past and past participlehonoured)

1. British,Canadian,Commonwealth,andIrelandstandard spelling ofhonor.

Translations

honour—seehonor

Interjection

honour

1. British,Canadian,Commonwealth,andIrelandstandard spelling ofhonor.

References

• “honour”,inLexico,Dictionary;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.

Middle English

Etymology

Anglo-Normanhonour.

Noun

honour(pluralhonours)

1. honour

Descendants

• English:honour,honor

References

p. 1,Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century,Frederick Furnivalled.EETS.Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.

Old French

Noun

honouroblique singular,m(oblique pluralhonours,nominative singularhonours,nominative pluralhonour)

1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling ofhonur

   […]prierent au roi qe mesme le cont purroit estre restorez a ses noun ethonourde marquys queux il avoit pardevant.

   […]prayed to the king that even the count could be restored to his name and his honour of marquee that he had before