haie d'honneur
French, noun/ɛ d‿ɔ.nœʁ/
haie d'honneur is spelled H-A-I-E-D-H-O-N-N-E-U-R (12 letters). Haie d'honneur is a French feminine noun meaning “guard of honour (group of people arranged in one or more rows at a ceremony to honour an important person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Groupe de personnes alignées des deux côtés d’un passage afin d’honorer un cortège ou une personne”.
What does haie d'honneur mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineguard of honour (group of people arranged in one or more rows at a ceremony to honour an important person)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Groupe de personnes alignées des deux côtés d’un passage afin d’honorer un cortège ou une personne.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of haie d'honneur
- haies d'honneur plural
- haies d’honneur plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce haie d'honneur?
- /ɛ d‿ɔ.nœʁ/
- \ɛ d‿ɔ.nœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.