honorific

English

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Alternative forms

• honorifick (obsolete, rare)
• honourific (non‐standard)

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌɒnəˈɹɪfɪk/, SAMPA: /%Qn@"rIfIk/
• (US) IPA: /ˌɑːnəˈɹɪfɪk/, SAMPA: /%A:n@"rIfIk/
• Hyphenation: hon‧or‧if‧ic

Noun

honorific (plural honorifics)

1. A title or term of respect; respectful language.

Translations

title or term of respect

Chinese: Mandarin: 敬語 (zh), 敬语 (zh) (jìngyǔ) Finnish: arvonimi (fi) Japanese: 敬語 (ja) (けいご, keigo)

Korean: 경어 (ko) (gyeong-eo) (敬語 (ko)) Russian: гоноратив (ru) (gonoratív) m., (specifically Japanese honorifics) кэйго (ru) (kéjgo, kejgó) n. (indeclinable) Vietnamese: kính ngữ (vi) (敬語 (vi)), kính cẩn (vi)

Adjective

honorific (comparative more honorific, superlative most honorific)

1. Showing or conferring honour and respect.

Derived terms

• honorifically