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Etymology
OE. term|hunig|huniġ|lang=ang.

Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. uncountable A viscous, sweet substance produced from nectar by bees; countable a variety of this substance.
2. A term of affection.

#: Honey, could you take out the trash?

1. context|colloquial|countable An attractive woman

#: Man, there are some fine honeys here tonight!

1. colour A yellowish-brown colour, like that of (the sweet substance) honey.

#: <table><tr><td>honey colour: &nbsp;</td><td bgcolor"#FDD378" width"80">&nbsp; </td></tr></table>

Slovak: med#Slovak|med m
Slovene: med m
Spanish: miel#Spanish|miel f
Swahili: uki (nc 11)
Swedish: honung
Tagalog: pulut-pukyutan
Telugu: త�న� (taene)
Tetum: bani-been
Tupinambá: eíra, eireté
Turkish: bal#Turkish|bal
Ukrainian: мед#Ukrainian|мед (med) m, м�д (mid) m
Urdu: URchar|�دھ� (madhu) m, URchar|ش�د (šahd) m, URchar|عس� ('asal) m, URchar|ا�گب�� (angabīn) m
Welsh: mêl
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trans-top|term of affection
Arabic: habibi
Dutch: schat m, schatje n
Erzya: ве�кемнем (vechkemn'em)
Estonian: kallis
Finnish: kulta#Finnish|kulta
French: chéri m, chérie f
German: Schatz m
Greek: γλ�κα (ɣlíka) f, γλ�κιά (ɣlicá) f
Japanese: ��� (hanī)
Korean: �� (ae-in)
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Kurdish: KUchar|��ڵ��
Polish: kochanie
Russian: д��ен�ка (dúšen�ka) f
Scottish Gaelic: rùn m, rùnag f
Slovak: milá�ik#Slovak|milá�ik m
Spanish: cariño
Swedish: älskling
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trans-top|attractive woman
Finnish: tipu#Finnish|tipu
Polish: laska f
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trans-top|colour
Crimean Tatar: bal#Crimean Tatar|bal
Finnish: tipu#Finnish|tipu
Greek: μελί (melí) n, μελ���ο�ν (melókhrun) n
Polish: (kolor) miodowy
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Portuguese: mel
Russian: медов�й (medóvyj)
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Adjective
en-adj

1. colour of a yellowish-brown colour, like that of honey.

Derived terms
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hon
honey badger
honey bear
honey bun
honey bunch
honey fungus
honey guide
honey locust
honey mesquite
honey mouse
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honey myrtle
honey parrot
honey plant
honeybee
honeybun
honey-buzzard
honeycomb
honeycomb moth
honeycombed
honeycreeper
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honeydew
honeydew melon
honeyeatere
honeyed
honeymoon
honeysucker
honeysuckle
honey-sweet
land of milk and honey
western honey mesquite
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Related terms
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apis mellifica
diabetes mellitus
hydromel
melilot
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melliferous
mellifluous
melliphagous
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mellitic acid
molasses
oenomel
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See also
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

Category:Colors
Category:Condiments
Category:Terms of endearment
Category:Yellows

am:honey
ca:honey
et:honey
es:honey
fa:honey
fr:honey
gl:honey
ko:honey
hy:honey
io:honey
id:honey
it:honey
kk:honey
hu:honey
pl:honey
pt:honey
ru:honey
simple:honey
fi:honey
sv:honey
ta:honey
te:honey
vi:honey
zh:honey

• 2007-12-16 17:36 - Mallerd - /* Translations */

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