HP - Wiktionary

See also: hp and H&P

㏋ U+33CB, ㏋ SQUARE HP ← ㏊[U+33CA] CJK Compatibility ㏌ →[U+33CC]

English

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Etymology

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Sense "home page" is a borrowing from Japanese HP (HP, “home page”), from English home page.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /eɪt͡ʃˌpiː/

• Audio (Canada):

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Proper noun

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HP

1. Initialism of Himachal Pradesh: a state of India.
2. Initialism of Hewlett-Packard.
3. Initialism of Harry Potter.
   • 2009 July 16, Steve Boxer, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, in Guardian‎[1], Technology news & features, page 2:Overall, this is the first HP game to even get near to living up to the quality of JK Rowling's books and the accompanying films.

Derived terms

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• HP-UX

Noun

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HP (countable and uncountable, plural HPs or HP)

1. Initialism of hire purchase.
   • 1976, Angela Carter, ‘What the Hell – It’s Home!’, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage 2013, p. 205: Everything is practical, sensible, reasonably priced and available on HP.
2. Initialism of horsepower.
3. (video games, mostly role-playing games) Initialism of hit points / health points.
   • 1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System:If you stay at a hotel, you'll wake up with full HP and PP.
4. Initialism of higher power.
5. Initialism of Houses of Parliament.
6. Initialism of Helicobacter pylori.
7. Initialism of hydrogen peroxide. Synonyms: H₂O₂, HPO, PO
8. (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea) Initialism of handphone.
9. (Japan) Initialism of home page.
10. Initialism of horizontal pitch.

Derived terms

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• (hydrogen peroxide): LHP (“liquid hydrogen peroxide”), HPGP (“hydrogen peroxide gas plasma”), HPV (“hydrogen peroxide vapor”), VHP (“vaporous hydrogen peroxide”), AHP (“alkaline hydrogen peroxide”)

Translations

[edit] horse power — see hp (video games) hit point — see hit point

Anagrams

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• P&H, PH, Ph, ph

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English HP.

Noun

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HP

1. (gaming) hit point(s)

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:HPWikipedia fr

Etymology

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Initialism of haut potentiel.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /aʃ.pe/

Noun

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HP m (plural HPs)

1. intellectually gifted person Synonyms: haut potentiel, surdoué

German

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Noun

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HP

1. (apartment listing) abbreviation of Hochparterre

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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• (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈhape/ [ˈha.pe]
• Rhymes: -ape

Noun

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HP (plural HP-HP)

1. HP:
   1. initialism of handphone.
   2. (video games, mostly role-playing games) hit points; health points Synonyms: darah, telap
2. (mathematics) initialism of himpunan penyelesaian (“solution set”)

Japanese

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Noun

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HP(ホームページ) • (hōmupēji) 

1. initialism of ホームページ (“home page”)

Polish

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈxa ˈpɛ/

• Audio:

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• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Proper noun

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HP n (indeclinable)

1. The Hewlett-Packard Company Mam notebooka z HP. ― I've got an HP notebook.

Further reading

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• HP in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• HP in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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HP m (uncountable)

1. acronym of hijoputa Synonym: HDP

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English HP

Noun

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HP m (uncountable)

1. (video games) HP