"honorific" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌɒnəˈɹɪfɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɑːnəˈɹɪfɪk/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-honorific.wav [US] Forms: more honorific [comparative], most honorific [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪfɪk Etymology: honor + -ific Etymology templates: {{suf|en|honor|ific}} honor + -ific Head templates: {{en-adj}} honorific (comparative more honorific, superlative most honorific)
  1. Showing or conferring honour and respect. Translations (showing or conferring honour and respect): почтителен (počtitelen) (Bulgarian), kunnioittava (Finnish), honorifique (French), Ehren- (German), Ruhmes- (German), megtisztelő (Hungarian), tiszteletteljes (Hungarian), udvariassági (Hungarian), tiszteletiségi [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] (Hungarian), honorowy (Polish), zaszczytny (Polish), grzecznościowy (Polish), honoryfikatywny (Polish), honorífico (Portuguese), honorífico (Spanish), поче́сний (počésnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-honorific-en-adj-dWaFfno- Disambiguation of 'showing or conferring honour and respect': 97 3
  2. Based on or valuing honor Translations (based on or valuing honor): statusorientiert (German), geltungsbegierig (German), ehrenbezogen (German)
    Sense id: en-honorific-en-adj-uV8TGpyO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ific Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 46 13 28 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ific: 8 39 20 22 11 Disambiguation of 'based on or valuing honor': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: honorifick [obsolete, rare], honourific (alt: non‐standard) Derived forms: honorifically

Noun

IPA: /ˌɒnəˈɹɪfɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɑːnəˈɹɪfɪk/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-honorific.wav [US] Forms: honorifics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪfɪk Etymology: honor + -ific Etymology templates: {{suf|en|honor|ific}} honor + -ific Head templates: {{en-noun}} honorific (plural honorifics)
  1. A title. (e.g., Mister, Misses, Doctor, Professor)
    Sense id: en-honorific-en-noun-Ag0OhGOA
  2. A term of respect; respectful language. Translations (title or term of respect): 敬辭 (Chinese Mandarin), 敬辞 (jìngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), 敬語 (Chinese Mandarin), 敬语 (jìngyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), eretitel [masculine] (Dutch), arvonimi (Finnish), titre honorifique [masculine] (French), Höflichkeitsform [feminine] (German), 敬語 (keigo) (alt: けいご) (Japanese), pámaggálang (Kapampangan), 경어 (gyeong'eo) (alt: 敬語) (Korean), 존댓말 (jondaenmal) (Korean), 높임말 (nopimmal) (Korean), zwrot grzecznościowy [masculine] (Polish), título honorífico [masculine] (Portuguese), гонорати́в (gonoratív) [masculine] (Russian), кэ́йго (kɛ́jgo) (english: specifically Japanese honorifics) [neuter] (Russian), кэйго́ (kɛjgó) [neuter] (Russian), kính ngữ (alt: 敬語) (Vietnamese), kính cẩn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-honorific-en-noun-ZZZS8ZzK Disambiguation of 'title or term of respect': 12 80 8
  3. (linguistics) A word or word form expressing the speaker's respect for the hearer or the referent. Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (linguistics: word form encoding respect): Honorifikum [neuter] (German), хүндэтгэлийн үг (xündetgeliin üg) (Mongolian)
    Sense id: en-honorific-en-noun-en:linguistics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'linguistics: word form encoding respect': 5 27 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: honorifick [obsolete, rare], honourific (alt: non‐standard) Derived forms: honorific transposition

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "A word or word form expressing the speaker's respect for the hearer or the referent."
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          "linguistics",
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        "(linguistics) A word or word form expressing the speaker's respect for the hearer or the referent."
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      "ipa": "/ˌɒnəˈɹɪfɪk/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɑːnəˈɹɪfɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪfɪk"
    },
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "honorifick"
    },
    {
      "alt": "non‐standard",
      "word": "honourific"
    }
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "word": "敬辭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìngcí",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "word": "敬辞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "word": "敬語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìngyǔ",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "word": "敬语"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eretitel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "word": "arvonimi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "titre honorifique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Höflichkeitsform"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けいご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keigo",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "word": "敬語"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "word": "pámaggálang"
    },
    {
      "alt": "敬語",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyeong'eo",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "word": "경어"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jondaenmal",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "word": "존댓말"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nopimmal",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "word": "높임말"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zwrot grzecznościowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "título honorífico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gonoratív",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гонорати́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "specifically Japanese honorifics",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kɛ́jgo",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кэ́йго"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kɛjgó",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кэйго́"
    },
    {
      "alt": "敬語",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "word": "kính ngữ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "title or term of respect",
      "word": "kính cẩn"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "linguistics: word form encoding respect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Honorifikum"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xündetgeliin üg",
      "sense": "linguistics: word form encoding respect",
      "word": "хүндэтгэлийн үг"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "honorific"
  ],
  "word": "honorific"
}

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    {
      "word": "derogatory"
    }
  ],
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    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ific",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪfɪk",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪfɪk/4 syllables"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "honorifically"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "honor",
        "3": "ific"
      },
      "expansion": "honor + -ific",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "more honorific",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most honorific",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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    "hon‧or‧if‧ic"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1996, T. P. Wiseman, “The Minucii and Their Monument”, in Jerzy Linderski, editor, Imperium Sine Fine: T. Robert S. Broughton and the Roman Republic, Franz Steiner Verlag, page 59",
          "text": "According to Pliny, the custom of setting up honorific statues on columns was a comparably ancient one.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Showing or conferring honour and respect."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "confer",
          "confer"
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        [
          "honour",
          "honour"
        ],
        [
          "respect",
          "respect"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Orlando Patterson, “The mechanisms of cultural reproduction: explaining the puzzle of persistence”, in John R. Hall et al., editors, Handbook of Cultural Sociology, Taylor & Francis, page 143",
          "text": "In the honorific cultural process, individuals (especially men) are extremely sensitive to real or perceived insults, and […]",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Based on or valuing honor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "honor",
          "honor"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɒnəˈɹɪfɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɑːnəˈɹɪfɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪfɪk"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
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    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "honorifick"
    },
    {
      "alt": "non‐standard",
      "word": "honourific"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "počtitelen",
      "sense": "showing or conferring honour and respect",
      "word": "почтителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "showing or conferring honour and respect",
      "word": "kunnioittava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "showing or conferring honour and respect",
      "word": "honorifique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "showing or conferring honour and respect",
      "word": "Ehren-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "showing or conferring honour and respect",
      "word": "Ruhmes-"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "showing or conferring honour and respect",
      "word": "megtisztelő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "showing or conferring honour and respect",
      "word": "tiszteletteljes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "showing or conferring honour and respect",
      "word": "udvariassági"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "showing or conferring honour and respect",
      "topics": [
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "tiszteletiségi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "showing or conferring honour and respect",
      "word": "honorowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "showing or conferring honour and respect",
      "word": "zaszczytny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "showing or conferring honour and respect",
      "word": "grzecznościowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "showing or conferring honour and respect",
      "word": "honoryfikatywny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "showing or conferring honour and respect",
      "word": "honorífico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "showing or conferring honour and respect",
      "word": "honorífico"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "počésnyj",
      "sense": "showing or conferring honour and respect",
      "word": "поче́сний"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "based on or valuing honor",
      "word": "statusorientiert"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "based on or valuing honor",
      "word": "geltungsbegierig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "based on or valuing honor",
      "word": "ehrenbezogen"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "honorific"
  ],
  "word": "honorific"
}

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