Meaning

3 senses
  1. Involving or resembling honey.

    медо́выйmedóvyj

    of something having the color of honey

  2. Of a pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like most types of honey.

  3. Honey-sweet.

Examples

449 sentences
  1. Tom sometimes puts honey in his tea.

    Том іноді додає мед до чаю. — deniko

  2. Yesterday, I put honey in my tea.

    Вчора я поклав мед у чай. — oromashka

    ruВчера я положила в чай меду. — User55521

    deGestern habe ich Honig in meinen Tee gemacht. — Yorwba

  3. What's the matter, honey?

    У чому справа, кохана? — deniko

    ruВ чём дело, солнышко? — marafon

  4. How much honey is left?

    Скільки лишилося меду? — deniko

    ruСколько мёда осталось? — marafon

  5. Honey, are you here?

    Люба, ти тут? — deniko

    ruТы здесь, милая? — sharptoothed

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
involving or resembling honey:

Origin

From Middle English hony, honi, from Old English huniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hunag, f

From Middle English hony, honi, from Old English huniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą (compare Saterland Frisian Hunich, West Frisian hunich, German Low German Honnig, German Honig), from earlier *hunangą (compare North Frisian honning, hönning, West Frisian huning, Dutch honing, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk honning, Swedish honung, Faroese hunangur, Icelandic hunang), from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂onk-o-s, from *kn̥h₂ónks.

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Forms

honeyer/honier, honeyest/honiest
Comparativehoneyer / honier Lesson
Superlativehoneyest / honiest Lesson

regular

Collocations

6 patterns
  • put honey in
  • how much honey
  • put honey
  • much honey
  • some honey
  • like honey

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
honey — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto