"honorary" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɑn.əˌɹɛɹ.i/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-honorary.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: ŏnʹə-rĕr'ē Etymology: From honor + -ary, modelled after French honoraire, from Latin honōrārius. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|honor|ary}} honor + -ary, {{cog|fr|honoraire}} French honoraire, {{der|en|la|honōrārius}} Latin honōrārius Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} honorary (not comparable)
  1. Given as an honor/honour, with no duties attached, and without payment. Tags: not-comparable Translations (given as an honor): فَخْرِيّ (faḵriyy) (Arabic), պատվաբեր (patvaber) (Armenian), fəxri (Azerbaijani), почетен (početen) (Bulgarian), honorari (Catalan), čestný [masculine] (Czech), kunnia- (Finnish), honoris causa (French), Ehren- (German), आनरेरी (ānrerī) [masculine] (Hindi), अवैतनिक (avaitnik) [masculine] (Hindi), címzetes (Hungarian), honoris causa (note: of a doctor) (Hungarian), honorer (Indonesian), onorativo (Italian), honōrārius (Latin), почесен (počesen) [masculine] (Macedonian), kehormat (Malay), अवैतनिक (avaitnik) (Nepali), honorowy (Polish), nominalny (Polish), tytularny (Polish), honorário (Portuguese), почётный (počótnyj) (Russian), honorario (Spanish), heders- (Swedish), fahri (Turkish), поче́сний (počésnyj) (Ukrainian), faxriy (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-honorary-en-adj-A6~j4hTb Disambiguation of 'given as an honor': 91 4 6
  2. Voluntary. Tags: not-comparable Translations (voluntary — see also voluntary): Ehren- (German), ehrenamtlich (German)
    Sense id: en-honorary-en-adj-ORSXXFmQ Disambiguation of 'voluntary — see also voluntary': 7 88 5
  3. Unofficial; practically. Describes the holder of an unofficial position or title that is assigned as a special honor rather than by normal channels. Tags: not-comparable Translations (describes the holder of a position): honorari (Catalan), kunnia- (Finnish), Ehren- (German), आनरेरी (ānrerī) [masculine] (Hindi), अवैतनिक (avaitnik) [masculine] (Hindi), tiszteletbeli (Hungarian), dísz- (note: as of a citizen) (Hungarian), अवैतनिक (avaitnik) (Nepali), honorær (Norwegian Bokmål), honorær (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-honorary-en-adj-QozC-40s Disambiguation of 'describes the holder of a position': 14 0 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: honourary [archaic] Derived forms: honorary Aryan, honorary authorship, honorary consul, honorary consulate, honorary doctor, honorary doctorate, honorary mention, honorary officer, honorary title, honorary trust
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɑn.əˌɹɛɹ.i/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-honorary.wav [Southern-England] Forms: honoraries [plural]
enPR: ŏnʹə-rĕr'ē Etymology: From honor + -ary, modelled after French honoraire, from Latin honōrārius. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|honor|ary}} honor + -ary, {{cog|fr|honoraire}} French honoraire, {{der|en|la|honōrārius}} Latin honōrārius Head templates: {{en-noun}} honorary (plural honoraries)
  1. A person who holds an honorary appointment.
    Sense id: en-honorary-en-noun-F0ViDpGi
  2. (US) A kind of secret society that operates in name only, with membership given to honor some achievement. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-honorary-en-noun-XseuL-9X Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ary Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 2 8 3 62 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ary: 18 2 7 7 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: honourary [archaic]
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɑn.əˌɹɛɹ.i/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-honorary.wav [Southern-England] Forms: honoraries [plural]
enPR: ŏnʹə-rĕr'ē Etymology: From Latin honōrārium. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|honōrārium}} Latin honōrārium Head templates: {{en-noun}} honorary (plural honoraries)
  1. An honorarium; a fee for services of no fixed value.
    Sense id: en-honorary-en-noun-k2QzjOF2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: honourary [archaic]
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Megsie is an honorary employee because she helps other customers while she shops here.",
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      "word": "címzetes"
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      "code": "id",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "почётный"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "given as an honor",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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