Honda

See also: honda

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 本田 (Honda) or Japanese ホンダ (Honda).

Proper noun

Honda

  1. A Japanese automotive and motorcycle manufacturer, named after its founder, Soichiro Honda.
  2. A brand of car manufactured by Honda.

Translations

Noun

Honda (plural Hondas)

  1. 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.
  2. A motorbike manufactured by Honda.

Further reading

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 本田 (Honda) or Japanese ホンダ (Honda).

Proper noun

Honda m or f

  1. a Japanese automotive manufacturer
  2. 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

  1. a Japanese automotive manufacturer
  2. a brand of car manufactured by Honda, or a car of this brand

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
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
Possessive forms of Honda
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 ?

  1. a Japanese automotive manufacturer
  2. a brand of car manufactured by Honda, or a car of this brand

Japanese

Romanization

Honda

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ほんだ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ホンダ

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 本田 (Honda) or Japanese ホンダ (Honda).

Proper noun

Honda f

  1. a Japanese automotive manufacturer

Proper noun

Honda m

  1. 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 ?

  1. a Japanese automotive manufacturer
  2. a brand of car manufactured by Honda, or a car of this brand