Huguenot

See also: huguenot

English

Etymology

From French huguenot (“Huguenot”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: hyūʹgə-nō', IPA^(key): /ˈhjuː.ɡə.nəʊ/
• (US) enPR: hyūʹgə-nŏt', IPA^(key): /ˈhju.ɡə.nɒt/, [ˈɕu.ɡə.nɒt]

Noun

Huguenot (plural Huguenots)

1. (historical) A member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th century.
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 178, about Eynsford:

     The village was once well known for its paper-milling, founded by Huguenot immigrants in 1648, which produced high-quality hand-made paper until 1952.

Translations

member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th century

• Afrikaans: Hugenot
• Armenian: հուգենոտ (hugenot)
• Catalan: hugonot m
• Czech: hugenot m, hugenotka f
• Danish: huguenot c
• Dutch: hugenoot (nl) m, hugenote f
• Estonian: hugenott
• Finnish: hugenotti (fi)
• French: huguenot (fr) m, huguenote (fr) f
• German: Hugenotte (de) m, Hugenottin f
• Hungarian: hugenotta (hu)
• Irish: Úgónach m
• Italian: ugonotto (it) m, ugonotta (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hugenott m

  Nynorsk: hugenott m

• Polish: hugenot (pl) m, hugenotka (pl) f, hugonot m, hugonotka f
• Portuguese: huguenote m or f
• Russian: гугено́т (ru) m (gugenót), гугено́тка (ru) f (gugenótka)
• Spanish: hugonote m or f, hugonota f
• Swedish: hugenott (sv) c
• Volapük: hugenotan

Adjective

Huguenot (comparative more Huguenot, superlative most Huguenot)

1. Of, like or relating to Huguenotism or Huguenots.

Translations

of, like or relating to Huguenotism

• Catalan: hugonot
• Danish: huguenottisk
• Esperanto: hugenotisma
• Hungarian: hugenotta (hu)
• Irish: Úgónach
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hugenottisk

  Nynorsk: hugenottisk

• Polish: hugenocki (pl), hugonocki (pl)
• Portuguese: huguenote
• Spanish: hugonote
• Swedish: hugenottisk
• Volapük: hugenotik

of, like or relating to a Huguenot, Huguenots

• Catalan: hugonot
• Danish: huguenottisk
• Esperanto: hugenota
• Irish: Úgónach
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hugenottisk

  Nynorsk: hugenottisk

• Polish: hugenocki (pl), hugonocki (pl)
• Portuguese: huguenote
• Spanish: hugonote