hubby

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʌbi/

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• (Northern England, Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈhʊbi/
• Rhymes: -ʌbi

Etymology 1

Diminutive of husband + -y.

Noun

hubby (plural hubbies)

1. (informal, endearing) Husband.

   Laura thought Jack was the most wonderful hubby in the world.

   • 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “At the Pit's Mouth”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 50:

     “But they have done more than talk — they have written — written to my hubby — I'm sure of it,” said the Man's Wife, and she pulled a letter from her husband out of her saddle-pocket and gave it to the Tertium Quid.

Synonyms

• hubbyman (rare)

Translations

husband

• Finnish: aviomies (fi), (informal) ukko (fi)
• Georgian: ქმარუკა (kmaruḳa)
• Greek: αντρούλης (el) m (antroúlis)
• Japanese: ハズ (ja)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gubbe (no) m (informally; literally "old man")

• Polish: mężuś (pl) m, mężulek (pl) m
• Portuguese: maridão m, velho (pt) m
• Russian: муженёк (ru) m (muženjók)
• Turkish: kociş
• Ukrainian: чолові́ченько m (čolovíčenʹko)
• Vietnamese: (informally) ông xã (vi)

Etymology 2

From hub +‎ -y (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

hubby (comparative hubbier, superlative hubbiest)

1. (US) Full of hubs or protuberances.

   A road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby.