Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hm

/hm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables: hm
IPA: /hm/

7

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

A shorter variant of hmm.

det

Initialism of how much.

Colloquial

pron

Initialism of His Majesty (the title of a king).

pron

Initialism of Her Majesty (the title of a queen).

noun

Initialism of Home Minister.

Indian usage

noun

Abbreviation of hospital corpsman.

American usage

noun

Initialism of heavy metal.

noun

Initialism of hidden machine

Example Sentences

"I am selling this shirt. Hm? ₱50 only."
"Holonyms: Their Royal Majesties, Majesties"
"Near-synonyms: HRM, His Royal Majesty"
"Near-synonyms: HRM, Her Royal Majesty"
"When girls appropriate a male-dominated form like HM, can they discard its sexist content without replacing it with something else?"
"For any obstacle in the way, HMs such as Cut and Strength must be taught to one of the six Pokémon in the trainer's party. […] Relicanth is a relatively unsurprising inclusion. It fulfills the ideal requirements for an HM mule in that it can learn four HMs: Surf, Waterfall, Dive, and Rock Smash. That last one is what edges it out over other Water-types such as Luvdisc."

Etymology

(Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

H.M. (alternative) H. M. (alternative) HMs (plural)

Phrases

HM mule

Frequently Paired Words

HAM HCM HFM HGDH HH HI&RM HIll.H HMG

Synonyms

HRM His Royal Majesty Her Royal Majesty hectometer hectometre

Questions

How do you pronounce hm?: The recorded pronunciation is /hm/.
What does hm mean?: A shorter variant of hmm.
Where does hm come from?: (Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”).

How to pronounce hm

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