emeritus

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɛɹɪtəs/
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• /əˈmɛɹətəs/ weak vowel merger
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• rhymes with -ɛɹɪtəs
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɛɹɪtaɪ/
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The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin ēmeritus (“(having been) earned, (having been) merited; (having been) served, having done one’s service”), the perfect passive participle of ēmereō (“to earn, merit; to gain by service; (military) to complete one’s obligation to serve, to serve out one’s time”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’) + mereō (“to deserve, merit; to acquire, earn, get, obtain; to render service to; to serve”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to allot; to assign”)). The noun is derived from the adjective. The plural form emeriti is borrowed from Latin ēmeritī.

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: emèrit — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Chinese Mandarin: 名譽退休 /名誉退休 (míngyù tuìxiū) — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Chinese Mandarin: 榮譽退休 /荣誉退休 (róngyù tuìxiū) — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Czech: emeritní — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Danish: emeritus — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Dutch: emeritus — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Finnish: emeritus — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• French: émérite — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• West-Frisian: emearitus — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• German: emeritiert — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• German: emeritus — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Greek: ομότιμος (omótimos) — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Hebrew: בדימוס (b'dimos) — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Hungarian: emeritus — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Hungarian: nyugalmazott — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Italian: emerito — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Japanese: 名誉 (meiyo) — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Latin: ēmeritus — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Macedonian: по́чесен (póčesen) — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Polish: honorowy — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Portuguese: emérito — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Romanian: emerit — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Russian: почётный (počótnyj) — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Serbo-Croatian: emeritus — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Spanish: emérito — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Swedish: emeritus — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Tagalog: higlingkurin — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Welsh: emeritws — retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title
• Afrikaans: emeritus — person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title
• Chinese Mandarin: 榮休 /荣休 (róngxiū) — person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title
• Esperanto: emerito — person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title
• Finnish: emeritus — person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title
• Macedonian: по́чесно ли́це (póčesno líce) — person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title
• Serbo-Croatian: emeritus — person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title
• Swedish: emeritus — person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title
• Swedish: emerita — person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title