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2,829 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

Hugues
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Hugh
Huguette
proper noun
a female given name, a feminine diminutive form of Hugues ( =Hugh)
Huisne
proper noun
a left tributary of the Sarthe, France
Hull
proper noun
a placename
Hullois
noun, masculine
a male resident of Hull, Quebec, Canada
Hulot
proper noun
a surname
Humbert
proper noun
a male given name; a surname
Hun
proper noun
Huns; alternative form of Huns; a nomadic people originating out of Central Asia that invaded the Roman Empire in the 5th century
Hun
noun, masculine
Hun; a member of the Huns, a nomadic tribe originating out of Central Asia that invaded the Roman Empire in the 5th century
Hunnu
proper noun
Xiongnu; synonym of Xiongnu
Hunnu
noun, masculine
Xiongnu; synonym of Xiongnu
Huns
proper noun
the Huns; a nomadic people from Central Asia that invaded the Roman Empire in the 5th century
Hunter's Point
proper noun
a Native American settlement in Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
Huot
proper noun
Huot: a surname
Hurbache
proper noun
Hurbache (a commune of the Canton of Raon-l’Étape, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Vosges department, Grand Est, France)
Hurepoix
proper noun
Hurepoix (a region of the Île-de-France region, France)
Huron
proper noun
the Wendat, a Native American people of the Huron Confederacy. The Wyandot and the Huron-Wendat are their cultural descendants
Huron
noun, masculine
a member of this people
Hurtubise
proper noun
Hurtubise: a surname
Hute
noun, masculine/feminine
alternative spelling of Ute
Hutu
noun, masculine
Hutu
Huynh
proper noun
a surname from Vietnamese
Hué
proper noun
Hue, in Vietnam (all senses)
Hyacinthe
proper noun
a male given name
Hyades
proper noun
Hyades
Hydre
proper noun
Hydra (constellation); Hydra (Pluto's satellite)
Hygie
noun, feminine
Hygieia
Hygiée
proper noun
Hygieia
Hyménée
proper noun
Hymenea
Hypatie
proper noun
Hypatia (Ancient Greek scientist)
Hyperboréen
noun, masculine
hyperborean
Hypnos
proper noun
Hypnos
Hypsipyle
proper noun
Hypsipyle
Hypéride
proper noun
Hyperides
Hypérion
proper noun
Hyperion
Hyrcan
noun, masculine
Hyrcan, Hyrcanian (native or inhabitant of Hyrcania)
Hyrcan
proper noun
A male given name of historical usage
Hyrcanie
proper noun
Hyrcania (a region in the southeastern Caspian Sea, corresponding to parts of modern-day Iran (specifically Northern Iran) and Turkmenistan)
Hyrcanien
noun, masculine
Hyrcanian
Hyères
proper noun
Hyères (a city and commune of Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
Hændel
proper noun
alternative spelling of Haendel
Hébert
proper noun
a surname originating as a patronymic
Hébreu
noun, masculine
Hebrew (member of the Hebrews)
Hébreux
proper noun
Hebrews
Hébrides
proper noun
Hebrides (an archipelago of Scotland)
Hébron
proper noun
Hebron (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)
Hébé
proper noun
Hebe, the goddess of youth
Hécate
proper noun
Hecate (goddess of crossroads and witchcraft)
Hécatompyle
proper noun
Hecatompylus (a city in the province of Qumis, Persia, in modern Iran; Shahr-i Qumis; Saddarvazeh; one of the royal cities of the Parthian Empire)
Hécube
proper noun
# Hecuba
Hélice
proper noun
Helice (a town of Achaia situated on the coast between the rivers Selinus and Cerynites)
Héliodore
proper noun
Heliodorus (an Ancient Greek male given name)
Héliogabale
proper noun
Heliogabalus
Hélios
proper noun
Helios
Héloïse
proper noun
a female given name, variant of Éloïse, equivalent to English Heloise
Hélène
proper noun
a female given name, equivalent to English Helen
Hémimont
proper noun
Haemimontus (an ancient region and later former Roman province situated in the Balkans, mainly in what is now Bulgaria and Turkey)
Héphaïstos
proper noun
Hephaestus
Héra
proper noun
Hera
Héraclite
proper noun
Heraclitus (a pre-Socratic Ionian philosopher)