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hinny en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɪ.ni/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • hĭn'ē

Etymology

From Latin hinnus, from Ancient Greek ἴννος (ínnos), γίννος (gínnos). Possibly cognate with hinnire (“to whinny”).

Meanings

  1. The hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female donkey).
    • The curer said nothing to the cowboy but went straight to the mule, or hinny, rather, being out of San's big jenny by Alder's white horse. 2001, Ursula K. Le Guin, “On the High Marsh”, in Tales from Earthsea:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
henny alternative lexicographic
hinney alternative lexicographic
hinnies Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

zebrinny · singing hinny

Relateds

mule

Synonyms

fummel

Translations (57)

tzm ⵜⴰⵙⵔⴷⵓⵏⵜ (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · fo múlesil (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · vo hinud (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · shi ⴰⵙⵔⴷⵓⵏ (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · es burdégano (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · da mulæsel (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · ja 駃騠 (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · ary بغل (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · da muldyr (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · xal лус (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · bg катър (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · it bardotto (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · fr bardeau (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · ast mula (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · eo hino (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · ja ケッテイ (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · cs mezek (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · fi muuliaasi (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · mt bagħla (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · pl osłomuł (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · cmn 驢騾 /驴骡 (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · uk ослю́к (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · fy mûldier (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · ru лоша́к (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · ar نَغْل (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · eo azenĉevalo (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · uk лоша́к (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · la hinnus (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · ast burreña (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · ary بغلة (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · wa moule (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · hu öszvér (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · ast burreñu (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · vi bạch đôi (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · vi con la (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · ro catâr (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · ko 비새 (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · ro bardou (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · ca mul somerí (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · cmn 駃騠 /𫘝𫘨 (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · lv zirgēzeļa (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · sl mezeg (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · wa moulet (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · ast mulu (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · lv zirgēzelis (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · shi ⵜⴰⵙⵔⴷⵓⵏⵜ (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · el γίννος (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · pt bardoto (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · ar نَغْلَة (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · nl muilezel (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · mt bagħal (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · mk мазга (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · de Maulesel (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · hu szamáröszvér (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · fr bardot (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · tzm ⴰⵙⵔⴷⵓⵏ (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey) · tr bardo (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)

hinny en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɪ.ni/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • hĭn'ē

Etymology

Alteration of whinny, which is onomatopoeic.

Meanings

  1. To whinny

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hinnied Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hinnied Tense=Past lexicographic
hinnying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hinnies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

hinny en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɪ.ni/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • hĭn'ē

Etymology

From standard English honey.

Meanings

  1. (Geordie) A term of endearment usually for women.
    • Open the door, my hinny, my heart, / Open the door, my own darling; / Mind you the words that you and I spoke, / Down in the meadow, at the World’s End Well. 1890, Joseph Jacobs, “The Well of the World’s End”, in English Fairy Tales, page 217:
    • `You will make a great diagnostician, nae doot, my hinny, but you need tae improve your bedside manner.' 2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 310:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hinnies Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

singing hinny