Honda
See also: honda
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 本田 (Honda) or Japanese ホンダ (Honda).
Proper noun
Honda
- A Japanese automotive and motorcycle manufacturer, named after its founder, Soichiro Honda.
- 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 358:
- they left on Sonnyʼs seventeenth birthday present — the Honda motorbike heʼd begged them to buy him
- A brand of car manufactured by Honda.
Translations
automotive manufacturer
Noun
Honda (plural Hondas)
- A car of the Honda brand.
- 1984 August 11, Merle Woo, “Revolutionary Optimism—The Order of the Day”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 5, page 5:
- Jammed onto a narrow, steep sidewalk, police barricades all around, we march with placards, drums, and angry spirit: "The Moral Majority, cops and Klan. Work together hand in hand." — helmeted tac squad on horses, Hondas, facing us on Powell Street, itching to wield their billy clubs, waiting for any excuse to let fly.
- 2015, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Oneworld Publications (2016), page 86:
- Hondas sound like cars designed by pacifists and humanitarian diplomats. The Accord, Civic, Insight.
- 2022 September 30, Miranda Wollen, “Are You There, God? It’s Me, iluvcupcakes29545.”, in Yale Daily News, volume CXLV, number 2, New Haven, Conn.: Yale University, →ISSN, →OCLC, page B4, column 5:
- It’s a little disconcerting to ponder how much of my happy online childhood was spent hanging out virtually with people who were old enough to own Hondas and go on PornHub[sic] on purpose (and definitely people old enough to be active on Reddit), but I loved being a Jammer.
- A motorbike manufactured by Honda.
Further reading
- Honda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Honda (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 本田 (Honda) or Japanese ホンダ (Honda).
Proper noun
Honda m or f
- a Japanese automotive manufacturer
- a brand of car manufactured by Honda, or a car of this brand
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 本田 (Honda) or Japanese ホンダ (Honda).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhondɒ]
- Hyphenation: Hon‧da
- Rhymes: -dɒ
Proper noun
Honda
- a Japanese automotive manufacturer
- a brand of car manufactured by Honda, or a car of this brand
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Honda | Hondák |
| accusative | Hondát | Hondákat |
| dative | Hondának | Hondáknak |
| instrumental | Hondával | Hondákkal |
| causal-final | Hondáért | Hondákért |
| translative | Hondává | Hondákká |
| terminative | Hondáig | Hondákig |
| essive-formal | Hondaként | Hondákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Hondában | Hondákban |
| superessive | Hondán | Hondákon |
| adessive | Hondánál | Hondáknál |
| illative | Hondába | Hondákba |
| sublative | Hondára | Hondákra |
| allative | Hondához | Hondákhoz |
| elative | Hondából | Hondákból |
| delative | Hondáról | Hondákról |
| ablative | Hondától | Hondáktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Hondáé | Hondáké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Hondáéi | Hondákéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Hondám | Hondáim |
| 2nd person sing. | Hondád | Hondáid |
| 3rd person sing. | Hondája | Hondái |
| 1st person plural | Hondánk | Hondáink |
| 2nd person plural | Hondátok | Hondáitok |
| 3rd person plural | Hondájuk | Hondáik |
Derived terms
- hondás
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 本田 (Honda) or Japanese ホンダ (Honda).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈon.da/
- Rhymes: -onda
- Hyphenation: Hón‧da
Proper noun
Honda ?
- a Japanese automotive manufacturer
- a brand of car manufactured by Honda, or a car of this brand
Japanese
Romanization
Honda
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 本田 (Honda) or Japanese ホンダ (Honda).
Proper noun
Honda f
Proper noun
Honda m
- a brand of car manufactured by Honda, or a car of this brand
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 本田 (Honda) or Japanese ホンダ (Honda).
Proper noun
Honda ?
- a Japanese automotive manufacturer
- a brand of car manufactured by Honda, or a car of this brand