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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- honble (obsolete)
- Honorable (honorific)
- (British spelling:) honourable, Honourable (honorific)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“I honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. Surface analysis is honor + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏnʹərəbl, ŏnʹrəbl, IPA(key): /ˈɒnəɹəbl̩/, /ˈɒnɹəbl̩/
- (General American) enPR: ŏnʹərəbl, ŏnʹrəbl, IPA(key): /ˈɑnəɹəbl̩/, /ˈɑnɹəbl̩/
Audio (US) (file)
- Hyphenation: hon‧or‧able, honor‧able
Adjective[edit]
honorable (comparative more honorable, superlative most honorable) (American spelling)
- Worthy of respect; respectable.
- Synonyms: noble, venerable
- Antonyms: contemptible, despicable, mean
- (politics) A courtesy title, given in Britain and the Commonwealth to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator, and in the United States to the president, vice president, congresspeople, state governors and legislators, and mayors.
Usage notes[edit]
- Historically used in the United States (early 1900s) in mockery of Japanese people (or honorable Japs).
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
worthy of respect
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Noun[edit]
honorable (plural honorables)
- A politician or other person who bears the title of "honorable".
- 1959, American Journal of Psychotherapy, volume 13, page 111:
- These included a reception for the Congress participants, given by the city of Barcelona in a 14th century palace, with guards making room for the mayor and other honorables, […]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin honōrābilis.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /o.noˈɾa.blə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /u.nuˈɾa.blə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /o.noˈɾa.ble/
Adjective[edit]
honorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural honorables)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “honorable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “honorable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “honorable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “honorable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French [Term?], borrowed from Latin honōrābilis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
honorable (plural honorables)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “honorable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin honōrābilis.
Adjective[edit]
honorable m or f (plural honorables)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “honorable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin honōrābilis. Equivalent to honor + -able.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
honorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural honorables)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “honorable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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