honor

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒn.ə/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈɑ.nɚ/
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• Australian: /ˈɔn.ə/
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• rhymes with -ɒnə(ɹ)
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From Middle English honour, honor, honur, from Anglo-Norman honour, honur, from Old French honor, from Latin honor. Displaced Middle English menske (“honor, dignity among men”) (though survived in descendant mense (“property, civility, etc.”)), from Old Norse menskr (“honor”). The verb is from Middle English honouren, honuren (“to honor”).

Shortened from Honoria and Honora; later also interpreted as a virtue name by Puritans.

348 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: nder — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Azerbaijani: hörmət — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Azerbaijani: ehtiram — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Azerbaijani: sayğı — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Basque: ohore — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Belarusian: го́нар (hónar) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Belarusian: чэсць (čescʹ) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Bulgarian: по́чит (póčit) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Catalan: honor — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ (atsilvquodi) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Danish: ære — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Danish: ærbødighed — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Danish: agtelse — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Esperanto: honoro — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Estonian: au — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Finnish: kunnia — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Finnish: kunnioitus — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• French: honneur — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Galician: honor — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• German: Ehre — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰 (swēriþa) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Ancient Greek: τιμή (timḗ) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Hebrew: כָּבוֹד (kavód) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Hindi: सम्मान (sammān) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Hindi: आदर (ādar) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Hindi: मान (mān) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Hungarian: becsület — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Icelandic: heiður — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Irish: oirmhidin — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Italian: onore — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Japanese: 名誉 (meiyo) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Japanese: 栄誉 (eiyo) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Korean: 명예 (myeong'ye) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Ladino: kavod — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Ladino: onor — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Macedonian: чест (čest) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Middle English: honour — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Old English: ār — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Persian: اِفتِخار (eftexâr) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Plautdietsch: Ea — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Polabian: erǫ — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Polish: cześć — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Polish: honor — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Romagnol: unór — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Romanian: respect — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Russian: честь (čestʹ) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Russian: почте́ние (počténije) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Sanskrit: सम्मान (sammāna) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Spanish: honor — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Spanish: aras — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Spanish: ondra (disused) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Tocharian B: yarke — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Tocharian B: yärṣalñe — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Turkish: ihtiram — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Turkish: hürmet — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Turkish: saygı — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Ottoman Turkish: عزت (ʼizzet) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Ukrainian: честь (čestʹ) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Ukrainian: го́нор (hónor) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Unami: xinkwelëmùksëwakàn — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Volapük: stim — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Yiddish: כּבֿוד (koved) — recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect
• Albanian: ndershëm — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Azerbaijani: namus — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Azerbaijani: qeyrət — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Azerbaijani: təəssüb — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Azerbaijani: şərəf — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Azerbaijani: heysiyyət — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Belarusian: го́нар (hónar) — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Belarusian: чэсць (čescʹ) — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Bulgarian: чест (čest) — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Catalan: honor — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Cebuano: bantog — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Cebuano: dungog — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ (atsilvquodi) — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Finnish: kunnia — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Finnish: kunnioitus — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Finnish: arvostus — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Finnish: arvokkuus — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Finnish: itsekunnioitus — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Galician: honra — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• German: Ehre — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰 (swēriþa) — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Ancient Greek: τιμή (timḗ) — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Hebrew: כָּבוֹד (kavód) — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Higaonon: bantugan — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Hiligaynon: dungog — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Hindi: मान (mān) — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Hungarian: becsület — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Hunsrik: Eher — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Irish: clú — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Ladino: kavod — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Ladino: onor — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Lao: ກຽດຕິຍົດ (kīat ti nyot) — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Luxembourgish: Éier — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Middle English: honour — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Middle English: honeste — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Plautdietsch: Ea — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Polish: honor — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Portuguese: honra — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Romanian: onoare — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Romanian: demnitate — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Russian: честь (čestʹ) — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Russian: досто́инство (dostóinstvo) — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Russian: го́нор (gónor) — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Turkish: namus — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Turkish: şeref — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Ottoman Turkish: شان (şan) — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Ottoman Turkish: ناموس (namus) — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Ottoman Turkish: اورند (evrend) — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Ukrainian: честь (čestʹ) — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Ukrainian: го́нор (hónor) — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Yiddish: כּבֿוד (koved) — favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth
• Catalan: honor — excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue
• Finnish: kunnia — excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue
• German: Ehre — excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue
• Hebrew: כָּבוֹד (kavód) — excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue
• Hindi: मान (mān) — excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue
• Ladino: kavod — excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue
• Ladino: onor — excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue
• Ladino: כבוד — excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue
• Portuguese: honra — excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue
• Russian: честь (čestʹ) — excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue
• Turkish: şan — excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue
• Turkish: şeref — excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue
• Ottoman Turkish: ناموس (namus) — excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue
• Yiddish: כּבֿוד (koved) — excellence of character, high moral worth, virtue
• Afrikaans: eer — token of praise or respect
• Albanian: nder — token of praise or respect
• Arabic: شَرَف (šaraf) — token of praise or respect
• Arabic: عِزَّة (ʕizza) — token of praise or respect
• Armenian: պատիվ (pativ) — token of praise or respect
• Azerbaijani: şərəf — token of praise or respect
• Belarusian: го́нар (hónar) — token of praise or respect
• Belarusian: чэсць (čescʹ) — token of praise or respect
• Bulgarian: чест (čest) — token of praise or respect
• Burmese: ဂုဏ် (gun) — token of praise or respect
• Catalan: honor — token of praise or respect
• Cebuano: dungog — token of praise or respect
• Chinese Mandarin: 榮譽 /荣誉 (róngyù) — token of praise or respect
• Chinese Mandarin: 名譽 /名誉 (míngyù) — token of praise or respect
• Czech: čest — token of praise or respect
• Dalmatian: onaur — token of praise or respect
• Danish: ære — token of praise or respect
• Dutch: eer — token of praise or respect
• Esperanto: honoro — token of praise or respect
• Estonian: au — token of praise or respect
• Farefare: gɩrma — token of praise or respect
• Faroese: æra — token of praise or respect
• Finnish: kunniamerkki — token of praise or respect
• Finnish: kunniakirja — token of praise or respect
• French: honneur — token of praise or respect
• West-Frisian: eare — token of praise or respect
• Friulian: onôr — token of praise or respect
• Galician: honor — token of praise or respect
• Georgian: პატივი (ṗaṭivi) — token of praise or respect
• German: Ehre — token of praise or respect
• Middle High German: ēre — token of praise or respect
• Hebrew: כָּבוֹד (kavod) — token of praise or respect
• Hindi: गौरव (gaurav) — token of praise or respect
• Hindi: सम्मान (sammān) — token of praise or respect
• Hungarian: becsület — token of praise or respect
• Ido: honoro — token of praise or respect
• Irish: oineach — token of praise or respect
• Irish: onóir — token of praise or respect
• Old Irish: enech — token of praise or respect
• Italian: onore — token of praise or respect
• Japanese: 名誉 (meiyo) — token of praise or respect
• Kazakh: абырой (abyroi) — token of praise or respect
• Korean: 명예 (myeong'ye) — token of praise or respect
• Central Kurdish: ئابڕوو (abrrû) — token of praise or respect
• Ladin: uneur — token of praise or respect
• Ladin: unëur — token of praise or respect
• Ladino: kavod — token of praise or respect
• Ladino: onor — token of praise or respect
• Latgalian: gūds — token of praise or respect
• Latvian: gods — token of praise or respect
• Lithuanian: garbė — token of praise or respect
• Macedonian: чест (čest) — token of praise or respect
• Khiamniungan Naga: vìshā — token of praise or respect
• Nahuatl: mauiztli — token of praise or respect
• Norwegian Bokmål: ære — token of praise or respect
• Occitan: onor — token of praise or respect
• Old Occitan: honor — token of praise or respect
• Old English: ār — token of praise or respect
• Persian: اِفتِخار (eftexâr) — token of praise or respect
• Persian: شَرَف (šaraf) — token of praise or respect
• Persian: عِزَّت ('ezzat) — token of praise or respect
• Plautdietsch: Ea — token of praise or respect
• Polish: honor — token of praise or respect
• Polish: cześć — token of praise or respect
• Portuguese: honra — token of praise or respect
• Romanian: onoare — token of praise or respect
• Romanian: cinste — token of praise or respect
• Russian: честь (čestʹ) — token of praise or respect
• Sardinian: onore — token of praise or respect
• Sardinian: onori — token of praise or respect
• Sardinian: unore — token of praise or respect
• Scottish Gaelic: onair — token of praise or respect
• Serbo-Croatian: ча̑ст — token of praise or respect
• Serbo-Croatian: čȃst — token of praise or respect
• Sicilian: unuri — token of praise or respect
• Slovak: česť — token of praise or respect
• Slovene: čast — token of praise or respect
• Lower Sorbian: cesć — token of praise or respect
• Upper Sorbian: česć — token of praise or respect
• Spanish: honor — token of praise or respect
• Swedish: ära — token of praise or respect
• Tajik: шараф (šaraf) — token of praise or respect
• Tajik: ифтихор (iftixor) — token of praise or respect
• Tajik: иззат (izzat) — token of praise or respect
• Tajik: ъиззат ('izzat) — token of praise or respect
• Telugu: గౌరవం (gauravaṁ) — token of praise or respect
• Thai: เกียรติ (gìiat) — token of praise or respect
• Turkish: kıvanç — token of praise or respect
• Turkish: onur — token of praise or respect
• Turkish: şeref — token of praise or respect
• Ukrainian: честь (čestʹ) — token of praise or respect
• Urdu: گَورَو (gaurav) — token of praise or respect
• Urdu: اِفْتِخار (iftixār) — token of praise or respect
• Urdu: شَرَف (śaraf) — token of praise or respect
• Uzbek: sharaf — token of praise or respect
• Uzbek: iftixor — token of praise or respect
• Venetan: onor — token of praise or respect
• Vietnamese: danh dự — token of praise or respect
• Yiddish: כּבֿוד (koved) — token of praise or respect
• Arabic: شَرَف (šaraf) — privilege
• Catalan: honor — privilege
• Czech: čest — privilege
• Finnish: kunnia — privilege
• Galician: honor — privilege
• Georgian: პატივი (ṗaṭivi) — privilege
• Hindi: विशेषाधिकार (viśeṣādhikār) — privilege
• Hungarian: megtiszteltetés — privilege
• Polish: zaszczyt — privilege
• Portuguese: honra — privilege
• Romanian: onoare — privilege
• Romanian: privilegiu — privilege
• Russian: честь (čestʹ) — privilege
• Scottish Gaelic: onair — privilege
• Spanish: privilegio — privilege
• Swedish: ära — privilege
• Catalan: honor — cause of respect and fame
• Finnish: kunnia — cause of respect and fame
• Hindi: माननीय (mānnīya) — cause of respect and fame
• Hindi: मान्य (mānya) — cause of respect and fame
• Hindi: आदरणीय (ādarṇīya) — cause of respect and fame
• Hindi: प्रतिष्ठित (pratiṣṭhit) — cause of respect and fame
• Hungarian: büszkeség — cause of respect and fame
• Portuguese: honra — cause of respect and fame
• Russian: го́рдость (górdostʹ) — cause of respect and fame
• Albanian: Nderime — feudal law: seigniory or lordship held of the king
• Finnish: kuninkaankartano — feudal law: seigniory or lordship held of the king
• Finnish: lakipiste — heraldry: centre point of the upper half of a coat of arms
• Bulgarian: оньо́р (onjór) — card games: one of the most valuable cards
• Finnish: arvokortti — card games: one of the most valuable cards
• Catalan: honor — golf: right to play one's ball before one's opponent
• Finnish: honööri — golf: right to play one's ball before one's opponent
• Bulgarian: чест (čest) — university qualification of the highest rank
• Finnish: oivallisesti — university qualification of the highest rank
• Macedonian: чест (čest) — university qualification of the highest rank
• Malay: kepujian — university qualification of the highest rank
• Russian: по́честь (póčestʹ) — university qualification of the highest rank
• Russian: почёт (počót) — university qualification of the highest rank
• Albanian: Nderoj — think of, respect highly
• Bulgarian: почитам (počitam) — think of, respect highly
• Czech: ctít — think of, respect highly
• Czech: uznávat — think of, respect highly
• Dutch: vereren — think of, respect highly
• Dutch: eren — think of, respect highly
• Dutch: huldigen — think of, respect highly
• Dutch: respecteren — think of, respect highly
• Finnish: kunnioittaa — think of, respect highly
• French: honorer — think of, respect highly
• German: ehren — think of, respect highly
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌰𐌽 (swēran) — think of, respect highly
• Greek: τιμώ (timó) — think of, respect highly
• Ancient Greek: τιμάω (timáō) — think of, respect highly
• Hebrew: כיבד \ כִּבֵּד (kibéd) — think of, respect highly
• Hungarian: becsül — think of, respect highly
• Hungarian: tisztel — think of, respect highly
• Irish: oirmhinnigh — think of, respect highly
• Irish: onóraigh — think of, respect highly
• Irish: tabhair onóir do — think of, respect highly
• Italian: onorare — think of, respect highly
• Japanese: 尊ぶ (tattobu) — think of, respect highly
• Japanese: 賛える (tataeru) — think of, respect highly
• Japanese: 重んじる (omonjiru) — think of, respect highly
• Japanese: 賛美する (sambi suru) — think of, respect highly
• Khmer: គោរព (kourup) — think of, respect highly
• Khmer: សំដែងសេចក្តីគោរព (sɑmdaəng sachkdǝy kourup) — think of, respect highly
• Latin: excolo — think of, respect highly
• Latin: honōrō — think of, respect highly
• Norwegian Bokmål: ære — think of, respect highly
• Old English: frēoġan — think of, respect highly
• Phoenician: 𐤊𐤓𐤌 (krm) — think of, respect highly
• Portuguese: honrar — think of, respect highly
• Quechua: apuchay — think of, respect highly
• Quechua: yupaychay — think of, respect highly
• Romanian: onora — think of, respect highly
• Romanian: cinsti — think of, respect highly
• Russian: чтить (čtitʹ) — think of, respect highly
• Russian: почти́ть (počtítʹ) — think of, respect highly
• Russian: почита́ть (počitátʹ) — think of, respect highly
• Sanskrit: पूजयति (pūjayati) — think of, respect highly
• Sanskrit: मानति (mānati) — think of, respect highly
• Slovene: spoštovati — think of, respect highly
• Spanish: honrar — think of, respect highly
• Spanish: honorar — think of, respect highly
• Spanish: ondrar (disused) — think of, respect highly
• Swedish: hedra — think of, respect highly
• Tocharian B: paut- — think of, respect highly
• Tocharian B: winā-sk- — think of, respect highly
• Yiddish: מכבד זײַן (mekhabed zayn) — think of, respect highly
• Bulgarian: следвам (sledvam) — to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with
• Italian: tenere fede a — to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with
• Portuguese: honrar — to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with
• Romanian: onora — to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with
• Russian: соблюда́ть (sobljudátʹ) — to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with
• Russian: соблюсти́ (sobljustí) — to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with
• Spanish: ajustarse — to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with
• Spanish: acatar — to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with
• Spanish: respetar — to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with
• Dutch: eren — confer honour on
• Dutch: huldigen — confer honour on
• Finnish: kunnioittaa — confer honour on
• German: ehren — confer honour on
• Hebrew: כיבד \ כִּבֵּד (kibéd) — confer honour on
• Hungarian: kitüntet — confer honour on
• Hungarian: megtisztel — confer honour on
• Latin: augeō — confer honour on
• Latin: honōrō — confer honour on
• Luxembourgish: éieren — confer honour on
• Macedonian: удо́стои (udóstoi) — confer honour on
• Macedonian: одли́кува (odlíkuva) — confer honour on
• Māori: whakamānawa — confer honour on
• Portuguese: honrar — confer honour on
• Romanian: onora — confer honour on
• Russian: ока́зывать честь (okázyvatʹ čestʹ) — confer honour on
• Russian: оказа́ть честь (okazátʹ čestʹ) — confer honour on
• Russian: удоста́ивать (udostáivatʹ) — confer honour on
• Russian: удосто́ить (udostóitʹ) — confer honour on
• Slovene: počastiti — confer honour on
• Spanish: honrar — confer honour on
• Spanish: honorar — confer honour on
• Spanish: ondrar (disused) — confer honour on
• Turkish: onurlandırmak — confer honour on
• Yiddish: מכבד זײַן (mekhabed zayn) — confer honour on