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See also: Honor and hönor

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English honour, honor, honur, from Anglo-Norman honour, honur, from Old French honor, from Latin honor.

Displaced native Old English hād and Middle English menske (“honor, dignity among men”) (though survived in descendant mense (“property, civility, etc.”)), from Old Norse menskr (“honor”).

The verb is from Middle English honouren, honuren (“to honor”).

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Noun

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honor (countable and uncountable, plural honors) (chiefly American spelling)

  2. (uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).
    The crowds gave the returning general much honor and praise.
  4. (uncountable) The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity.
    Synonyms: integrity, rectitude, uprightness; see also Thesaurus:probity
    He was a most perfect knight, for he had great honor and chivalry.
    His honor was unstained.
    • 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3: From Ashes (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
      Prothean: Those who share my purpose become allies. Those who do not become casualties.
      Shepard: Nothing in our fight against the Reapers has been that cut-and-dried.
      Prothean: Because you still have hope that this war will end with your honor intact.
      Shepard: I do.
      Prothean: Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters.
      Prothean: The silence is your answer.
  6. (countable) A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen.
    Honors are normally awarded twice a year: on The Queen's Birthday in June and at the New Year.
    He wore an honor on his breast.
    military honors; civil honors
    Audie Murphy received many honors, such as the Distinguished Service Cross.
    • 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
      their funeral honours
  8. A privilege (which honors the person experiencing it).
    I had the honour of dining with the ambassador.
  10. (in the plural) The privilege of going first.
    I'll let you have the honours, Bob—go ahead.
    2. (golf) The right to play one's ball before one's opponent.
  12. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.
    He is an honour to his nation.
  14. (feudal law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.
    • 1523, Anthony Fitzherbert, Book of Surveying:
      The lorde of the honour or manour
  16. (heraldry, countable) The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon (compare honour point).
  18. (countable, card games) In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit; in some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack.
    2. (countable, mahjong) a dragon or wind tile.
  20. (in the plural) (Courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank.
    At university I took honours in modern history.

Usage notes

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  • Like many other words ending in -our/-or, this word is usually spelled honour in the UK and honor in the US. However, the spelling honour is considered more formal in the United States, and is standard in formulations such as "the honour of your presence" as used on wedding invitations and other very formal documents.[1]

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Verb

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honor (third-person singular simple present honors, present participle honoring, simple past and past participle honored) (chiefly US)

  1. (transitive) To think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of.
    Synonyms: esteem, laud, worthy; see also Thesaurus:glorify, Thesaurus:revere
    Antonyms: despise, condemn
    The freedom fighters will be forever remembered and honored by the people.
    • 2016 February 5, Aly Tamboura and Kevin D. Sawyer, “Black Panthers' militancy now adopted by the radical right”, in San Francisco Chronicle‎[1], archived from the original on 12 June 2021:
      Black history narratives honor the likes of Harriet Tubman, who formed the Underground Railroad, Frederick Douglass, who fought to abolish slavery, and Martin Luther King Jr., icon of the civil rights movement.
  2. (transitive) To conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request, or the like).
    I trusted you, but you have not honored your promise.
    Our wishes were honored by changing the date of the wedding.
    Some application software does not honor the theme colors chosen in the operating system settings.
  3. (transitive) To confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone).
    Synonyms: dignify, elevate, uplift; see also Thesaurus:aggrandize
    Ten members of the profession were honored at the ceremony.
    The prince honored me with an invitation to his birthday banquet.
  4. (transitive) To make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker's draft, etc.).
    I'm sorry Sir, but the bank did not honour your cheque.

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Interjection

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honor

  1. (archaic) On one's honor; truthfully.
    • 1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations:
      “Not a ha’porth. Different gangs and different ships. He was tried again for prison breaking, and got made a Lifer.”
      “And was that—Honour!—the only time you worked out, in this part of the country?”
      “The only time.”

References

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  1. ^ The Emily Post Institute, Formal Wedding Invitation Wording

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan honor, from Latin honōrem.

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Noun

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honor m or (archaic, regional or poetic) f (plural honors)

  1. honour
    Antonym: deshonor

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Old Latin honōs, a form notably still used by Cicero, of unknown origin; the expected Proto-Indo-European root shape would be *gʰon- or *ǵʰon-, but there are no clear cognates.[1][2]

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honor m (genitive honōris); third declension

  1. honor, esteem, dignity, reputation, office

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative honor honōrēs
genitive honōris honōrum
dative honōrī honōribus
accusative honōrem honōrēs
ablative honōre honōribus
vocative honor honōrēs
  • The genitive singular honōris has an alternative Old Latin form honōrus, with the rare third-declension genitive singular ending -us instead of the standard Classical Latin ending -is.

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References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “honōs, -ōris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 288
  2. ^ Voyles, Joseph & Barrack, Charles (2009): An Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Early Indo-European Languages

Further reading

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  • “honor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “honor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "honor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “honor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a man who has held every office (up to the consulship): vir defunctus honoribus
    • a man who has held many offices: honoribus ac reipublicae muneribus perfunctus (De Or. 1. 45)
    • a man who has held many offices: amplis honoribus usus (Sall. Iug. 25. 4)
    • (ambiguous) to be deprived of the rites of burial: sepulturae honore carere
    • (ambiguous) to be honoured, esteemed by some one: esse in honore apud aliquem
    • (ambiguous) to honour, show respect for, a person: aliquem honore afficere, augere, ornare, prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi...)
    • (ambiguous) to kindle ambition in some one's mind: aliquem cupiditate honorum inflammare (or aliquem ad cupiditatem honorum inflammare)
    • (ambiguous) to aspire to dignity, high honours: honores concupiscere (opp. aspernari)
    • (ambiguous) to speak of some one respectfully: honoris causa aliquem nominare or appellare
    • (ambiguous) to pay divine honours to some one: alicui divinos honores tribuere, habere
    • (ambiguous) to rise, mount to the honours of office: ad honores ascendere
    • (ambiguous) to reach the highest grade of office: amplissimos honorum gradus assequi, adipisci
    • (ambiguous) to attain to the highest offices: ad summos honores pervenire (cf. also sect. V. 17)
    • (ambiguous) to seek office: petere magistratum, honores
    • (ambiguous) to invest a person with a position of dignity: honores alicui mandare, deferre
  • “honor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “honor”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Etymology

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From Latin honōrem.

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honor m

  1. (Old Lombard) honour
    • 1274, Bonvesin de la Riva, Libro de Tre Scrigiure:
      Quest’ovra al so honor acomenzadha sia:
      This work began in their honor:

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin honor, honōrem.

Noun

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honor oblique singular, m (oblique plural honors, nominative singular honors, nominative plural honor)

  1. honor; honour

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Polish

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Latin honor
Old Polish honor
Polish honor

    Inherited from Old Polish honor, from Latin honor.

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    honor m inan

    1. (uncountable) honor (sense of self-worth derived from being someone or belonging to some group, obligating one to certain behaviors considered appropriate)
      Synonyms: ambicja, cześć, duma, godność
    2. (uncountable, literary) honor (privilege which honors the person experiencing it)
      Synonym: zaszczyt
      Antonyms: dyshonor, niehonor
    3. (countable, bridge, card games) honor (in bridge: an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten, especially of the trump suit; in some other games: an ace, king, queen, or jack)
      Antonym: blotka
      Hypernym: karta
    4. (literary, in the plural) honors, distinctions (marks of honor, rank, eminence, or excellence)
    5. (literary, in the plural) honors (signs of reverence and respect)
    6. (uncountable, Kielce) synonym of wstyd
      Pan ni ma nijakiego honoru. ― You have no shame.

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    Declension of honor
    singular plural
    nominative honor honory
    genitive honoru honorów
    dative honorowi honorom
    accusative honor honory
    instrumental honorem honorami
    locative honorze honorach
    vocative honorze honory

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    • “honor”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • “honory”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • “honor”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[5] (in Polish)
    • honor in PWN's encyclopedia
    • Zygmunt Wasilewski (1895), “honor”, in “Słowniczek wyrazów ludowych we wsi Jaksicach”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 92

    Spanish

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    Latin honōrem
    Old Spanish onor
    Spanish honor

      Inherited from Old Spanish onor, from Latin honōrem.

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      • IPA(key): /oˈnoɾ/ [oˈnoɾ]
      • Rhymes: -oɾ
      • Syllabification: ho‧nor

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      honor m (plural honores)

      1. honor

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      • → Central Bikol: onor
      • → Tagalog: onor

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      Noun

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      honor

      1. indefinite plural of hona
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