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honorarium

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌɒ.nəˈɹɛɹ.i.əm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˌɑ.nəˈɹɛɹ.i.əm/
  • CMU ARPABET: AA2 N ER0 EH1 R IY0 AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Compensation for services that do not have a predetermined value.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a fee paid for a nominally free service

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reward

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin honōrārium (dōnum), from honōrārius. See honorary.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հոնորար (honorar) — compensation for services
  • Belarusian: ганара́р (hanarár) — compensation for services
  • Bulgarian: хонора́р (honorár) — compensation for services
  • Burmese: ဉာဏ်ပူဇော်ခ (nyanpujauhka.) — compensation for services
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酬金 (chóujīn) — compensation for services
  • Dutch: honorarium — compensation for services
  • Dutch: ereloon — compensation for services
  • Esperanto: honorario — compensation for services
  • Finnish: palkkio — compensation for services
  • French: honoraires — compensation for services
  • German: Honorar — compensation for services
  • German: Vergütung — compensation for services
  • German: Ehrensold — compensation for services
  • Gujarati: માનદવેતન (mānadvetan) — compensation for services
  • Hindi: मानदेय (māndey) — compensation for services
  • Indonesian: honor — compensation for services
  • Indonesian: honorarium — compensation for services
  • Italian: onorario — compensation for services
  • Manx: argid laue — compensation for services
  • Polish: honorarium — compensation for services
  • Polish: wynagrodzenie — compensation for services
  • Polish: opłata — compensation for services
  • Russian: гонора́р (gonorár) — compensation for services
  • Spanish: honorarios — compensation for services
  • Ottoman Turkish: اجرت (ücret) — compensation for services
  • Ukrainian: гонора́р (honorár) — compensation for services