English

Proper noun

Henry

1. A male given name, popular in England since Middle Ages; the name of eight kings.
   • 1593, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 1: Act III, Scene I:

     And now I fear the fatal prophecy, / Which in the time of Henry, nam'd the Fifth, / Was in the mouth of every mocking babe; / That Henry born at Monmouth should win all; / And Henry born at Windsor should lose all.

   • 1830 Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:

     Henry now, what a soft swain your Henry is! the proper theme of gentle poesy; a name to fall in love withal; devoted at the font to song and sonnet, and the tender passion; a baptized inamorato; a christened hero. Call him Harry, and see how you ameliorate his condition.

2. A patronymic surname​.

Related terms

• pet forms: Hal, Hank, Harry
• feminine forms: Harriet, Henrietta

Translations

Statistics

Anagrams

• rhyne, yrneh

Danish

Proper noun

Henry

1. A male given name borrowed from English.

French

Proper noun

Henry m

1. A patronymic surname​.
2. A male given name, a less common spelling of Henri.

German

Noun

Henry n ‎(genitive Henry, no plural)

1. Henry

Declension

Proper noun

Henry ? ‎(genitive Henry)

1. A male given name borrowed from English.

Middle French

Proper noun

Henry

1. A male given name

Norwegian

Proper noun

Henry

1. A male given name borrowed from English.

Swedish

Proper noun

Henry

1. A male given name borrowed from English.

English

Noun

henry ‎(plural henries or henrys)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical inductance; the inductance induced in a circuit by a rate of change of current of one ampere per second and a resulting electromotive force of one volt. Symbol: H

Translations

Etymology 2

From Henry the Third

Noun

henry ‎(plural henries)

1. (Britain, slang) A turd.

Etymology 3

From Henry the Eighth

Noun

henry ‎(plural henries)

1. (Britain, slang) A quantity of marijuana weighing one-eighth of an ounce.

Synonyms

• eighth

Anagrams

• rhyne, yrneh

Finnish

Noun

henry

1. henry (unit of inductance)

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ʁi/

Noun

henry m ‎(plural henrys)

1. (sciences) henry

Portuguese

Noun

henry m (plural henrys or henries)

1. henry (SI unit for electrical inductance)