adj
Meaning 1
Showing or conferring honour and respect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
honorific
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɒnəˈɹɪfɪk/
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US: /ˌɑːnəˈɹɪfɪk/
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rhymes with -ɪfɪk
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adj
Meaning 2
Based on or valuing honor
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A person's title, such as "Mrs" or "Doctor".
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noun
Meaning 4
A term of respect; respectful language.
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noun
Meaning 5
A word or word form expressing the speaker's respect for the hearer or the referent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
conferring or showing honor or respect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- honorific social status commonly attaches to membership in a recognized profession
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noun
Meaning 7
an expression of respect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Japanese use many honorifics
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Broader terms: formulation, expression
History
Etymology
From honor + -ific.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: почетен (početen) — showing or conferring honour and respect
- Bulgarian: почтителен (počtitelen) — showing or conferring honour and respect
- Finnish: kunnioittava — showing or conferring honour and respect
- French: honorifique — showing or conferring honour and respect
- German: Ehren- — showing or conferring honour and respect
- German: Ruhmes- — showing or conferring honour and respect
- Hungarian: megtisztelő — showing or conferring honour and respect
- Hungarian: tiszteletteljes — showing or conferring honour and respect
- Hungarian: udvariassági — showing or conferring honour and respect
- Hungarian: tiszteletiségi — showing or conferring honour and respect
- Polish: honorowy — showing or conferring honour and respect
- Polish: zaszczytny — showing or conferring honour and respect
- Polish: grzecznościowy — showing or conferring honour and respect
- Polish: honoryfikatywny — showing or conferring honour and respect
- Portuguese: honorífico — showing or conferring honour and respect
- Russian: почте́нный (počténnyj) — showing or conferring honour and respect
- Russian: поче́стный (počéstnyj) — showing or conferring honour and respect
- Russian: почётный (počótnyj) — showing or conferring honour and respect
- Spanish: honorífico — showing or conferring honour and respect
- Ukrainian: поче́сний (počésnyj) — showing or conferring honour and respect
- Bulgarian: почтителен (počtitelen) — based on or valuing honor
- German: statusorientiert — based on or valuing honor
- German: geltungsbegierig — based on or valuing honor
- German: ehrenbezogen — based on or valuing honor
- Bulgarian: обръщение (obrǎštenie) — title or term of respect
- Chinese Mandarin: 敬辭 /敬辞 (jìngcí) — title or term of respect
- Chinese Mandarin: 敬語 /敬语 (jìngyǔ) — title or term of respect
- Dutch: eretitel — title or term of respect
- Finnish: arvonimi — title or term of respect
- French: titre honorifique — title or term of respect
- German: Höflichkeitsform — title or term of respect
- Hindi: सम्मानसूचक (sammānsūcak) — title or term of respect
- Japanese: 敬語 (keigo) — title or term of respect
- Kapampangan: pámaggálang — title or term of respect
- Korean: 경어 (gyeong'eo) — title or term of respect
- Korean: 존댓말 (jondaenmal) — title or term of respect
- Korean: 높임말 (nopimmal) — title or term of respect
- Polish: zwrot grzecznościowy — title or term of respect
- Portuguese: título honorífico — title or term of respect
- Russian: гонорати́в (gonoratív) — title or term of respect
- Russian: кэ́йго (kɛ́jgo) — title or term of respect
- Russian: кэйго́ (kɛjgó) — title or term of respect
- Vietnamese: kính ngữ — title or term of respect
- Bulgarian: обръщение (obrǎštenie) — linguistics: word form encoding respect
- German: Honorifikum — linguistics: word form encoding respect
- Mongolian: хүндэтгэлийн үг (xündetgeliin üg) — linguistics: word form encoding respect
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