hoes

See also: hös

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -əʊz

Noun

hoes

1. plural of hoe
2. plural of ho

Verb

hoes

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hoe
2. third-person singular simple present indicative of ho

Anagrams

• Esho, shoe, Hose, HEOs, hose, Heos, Shoe

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French housse (“slipcase”), or from an Old French or Picard form of this word.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -us

Noun

hoes f (plural hoezen, diminutive hoesje n)

1. cover

   platenhoes — album cover

Derived terms

• insteekhoes
• platenhoes
• beschermhoes

Dutch Low Saxon

Noun

hoes n (plural huze, dimunitive huuske)

1. house

Limburgish

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch huus, from Old Dutch hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

Alternative forms

• Huus (Eupen, Krefeld)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦuː˨s]

Noun

hoes n

1. house
2. home
3. building

See also

• heim

Etymology 2

Related to Dutch hoes.

Alternative forms

• Huss (Eupen)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦu˦s]

Noun

hoes f

1. cover

Middle English

Pronoun

hoes

1. (Late Middle English, rare) Alternative form of whos (“whose”, genitive)

Welsh

Etymology 1

Noun

hoes

1. h-prothesized form of oes

Etymology 2

Verb

hoes

1. h-prothesized form of oes

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
oes	unchanged	unchanged	hoes
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.