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honni

French, verb/ɔ.ni/

honni is spelled H-O-N-N-I (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Honni is a French verb meaning “past participle of honnir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does honni mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of honnir

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Sujet à la réprobation, au rejet.

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 honni

  • honnie feminine
  • honnis masculine plural
  • honnies feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce honni?

  • /ɔ.ni/
  • \ɔ.ni\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is honni in French?

honni appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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