HP
See also: hp and H&P
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English
Etymology
Sense "home page" is a borrowing from Japanese HP (“home page”), from English home + page.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /eɪt͡ʃˌpiː/
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Proper noun
HP
- (India) Abbreviation of Himachal Pradesh, a state of India
- The Hewlett-Packard Company
- Harry Potter
- 2009 July 16, Steve Boxer, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, in Guardian, 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.
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- (Japan) Initialism of home page.
Noun
HP (countable and uncountable, plural HPs)
- 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.
- 1976, Angela Carter, ‘What the Hell – It’s Home!’, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage 2013, p. 205:
- Initialism of horsepower.
- (video games, mostly role-playing games) 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.
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- Initialism of higher power.
- Initialism of Houses of Parliament.
- Initialism of Helicobacter pylori.
- Abbreviation of hydrogen peroxide.
- (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea) Initialism of handphone.
Synonyms
- (hydrogen peroxide): PO, HPO, H2O2
Derived terms
- (hydrogen peroxide): LHP (“liquid hydrogen peroxide”), HPGP (“hydrogen peroxide gas plasma”), HPV (“hydrogen peroxide vapor”), VHP (“vaporous hydrogen peroxide”), AHP (“alkaline hydrogen peroxide”)
Translations
horse power — see hp
(video games) hit point — see hit point
Anagrams
- P&H, PH, Ph, ph
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English HP.
Noun
HP
- (gaming) hit point(s)
German
Noun
HP
- (apartment listing) Abbreviation of Hochparterre.
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from English HP.
Noun
HP (first-person possessive HPku, second-person possessive HPmu, third-person possessive HPnya)
- handphone
- (video games, mostly role-playing games) hit points; health points
Japanese
Noun
HP • (hōmupēji)
- Initialism of ホームページ (“home page”).
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ha ˈpɛ/
Proper noun
HP n (indeclinable)
- The Hewlett-Packard Company
- Mam notebooka z HP. ― I've got an HP notebook.
Further reading
- HP in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- HP in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Noun
HP m or f (uncountable)
- Acronym of hijoputa.
- Synonym: HDP