ho

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ho"

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English ho, hoo (interjection), probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call). Compare German ho, Old French ho ! (“hold!, halt!”).

Interjection

ho

  1. (nautical) Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
    Sail ho!
    Another boat is visible!
    Land ho!
    Land is visible!
    Man ho!
    A town is visible!
  2. halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach
    • Shakespeare
      What noise there, ho?
    • Shakespeare
      Ho! who's within?
    • Bishop Joseph Hall
      Ho! all ye females that would live unshent, / Fly from the reach of Cyned's regiment.
Translations

Noun

ho

  1. A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
    • Decker
      There is no ho with them.
References
  • 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Etymology 2

An eye dialect corruption of whore, from non-rhotic pronunciations considered typical of African American Vernacular English. Compare mo (“more”), fo' (“for; four”).

Alternative forms

Noun

ho (plural hos or hoes)

  1. (slang, pejorative) A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive name-calling word for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.
    Bros before hos!
Synonyms
  • See also Thesaurus:promiscuous woman
Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern) IPA(key): /u/, /əw/
  • (Western) IPA(key): /u/, /ew/, /o/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ew/, /u/, /o/

Etymology

From Latin hoc.

Pronoun

ho (enclitic and proclitic)

  1. it (direct object); replaces the demonstrative pronouns açò, això and allò
  2. replaces an independent clause (one which could grammatically form a sentence on its own)
  3. replaces an adjective or an indefinite noun which serves as the predicate of ésser, esdevenir, estar or semblar

Usage notes

  • Ho cannot be used with either en or hi.

Declension

Contraction

Proclictic
  • m'ho
  • s'ho
  • t'ho
Enclictic
  • -ens-ho
  • -li-ho
  • -los-ho
  • 'ls-ho
  • -m'ho
  • 'ns-ho
  • -s'ho
  • -t'ho
  • -us-ho
  • -vos-ho

Chickasaw

Pronoun

ho

  1. they

Czech

Pronoun

ho m, n

  1. Accusative case of on.
  2. Accusative case of ono.

Synonyms

  • (accusative of on): jej

Danish

Interjection

ho

  1. (onomatopoeia) Signifies a hearty laugh.

See also

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Noun

ho (accusative singular ho-on, plural ho-oj, accusative plural ho-ojn)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.

See also

Interjection

ho

  1. oh

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o/

Interjection

ho

  1. Used by tamer to calm the animal they are taming, especially horses; whoa.
    Ho ! Tout doux !
    Whoa! Easy!
  2. Used to express surprise or shock.
    Ho... mon dieu !
    Oh...my God!

Galician

Etymology

From home (“man”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ/

Interjection

ho!

  1. used closing the sentence to bolster the attention of the listener; emphatic
    Para, ho!
    Stop!
    Non o volvo facer! Non ho!
    I'm not doing this again! No way!

References

Italian

Alternative forms

  • o (misspelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ

Verb

ho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of avere (“I have”)

Japanese

Romanization

ho

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ほ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ホ

Lower Sorbian

Preposition

ho

  1. Obsolete spelling of wó

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

ho

  1. who

Etymology 2

From Old English hē, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”).

Pronoun

ho

  1. Alternative form of he

References

Etymology 3

Pronoun

ho

  1. Alternative form of heo

References

Etymology 4

From Old English hīe, hī.

Pronoun

ho

  1. Alternative form of he

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huː/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hon.

Pronoun

ho (accusative ho or henne, genitive hennar)

Pronoun

ho

  1. she, it (third person singular, feminine)
    Ho er bestevenninna mi.
    She is my best friend.
  2. her
    Eg ser ho.
    I see her.

Usage notes

Unlike other Scandinavian languages, Nynorsk ho is used to refer not only to feminine persons, but any feminine noun. E.g.: Boka er god. Eg likar ho. - The book is good. I like it.

Synonyms
See also

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

ho f (definite singular hoa, indefinite plural hoer, definite plural hoene)

  1. female
    Hoa legg egga oppe i eit tre.
    The female lays the eggs up in a tree.

References

Orya

Noun

ho

  1. water

References

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɔ/

Pronoun

ho

  1. short genitive singular of on
  2. short accusative singular of on
  3. short genitive singular of ono
  4. short accusative singular of ono

Synonyms

  • (long form): jeho
  • (prepositional form): neho

Swedish

Noun

ho c

  1. a trough; a long container for feeding or watering animals.
  2. a sink; often mounted to a wall; especially a kitchen sink or a washing sink.

Declension

Declension of ho 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ho hon hoar hoarna
Genitive hos hons hoars hoarnas

Pronoun

ho

  1. (obsolete) who
  2. (dialectal) she

See also

Tagalog

Particle

ho

  1. (Batangas) a honorific particle
    Taga-saan naman ho kayo?
    Where are you from? (when addressing a person of higher status, like elders)

Synonyms

  • (Manila, Standard Tagalog, other dialects) po

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *hɔː.

Pronunciation

Verb

ho

  1. to cough

Derived terms

Warao

Noun

ho

  1. water

Descendants

References

Zhuang

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ho˨˦/
  • Tone numbers: ho1
  • Hyphenation: ho

Noun

ho (old orthography ho)

  1. garlic
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