The Japanese language has honorific expressions.
Source: tatoeba (281647)
Honorific
//ˌɒnəˈɹɪfɪk//
Synonyms for "honorific" (62 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (31)
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46 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- почетен adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
- почтителен adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
- почтителен adj (based on or valuing honor)
- обръщение noun (title or term of respect)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 敬語 /敬语 noun (title or term of respect)
- 敬辭 /敬辞 noun (title or term of respect)
Dutch
1 entries- eretitel noun (title or term of respect)
Finnish
2 entries- kunnioittava adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
- arvonimi noun (title or term of respect)
French
2 entries- honorifique adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
- titre honorifique noun (title or term of respect)
German
4 entries- Ehren adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
- Ruhmes adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
- ehrenbezogen adj (based on or valuing honor)
- geltungsbegierig adj (based on or valuing honor)
Hindi
1 entries- सम्मानसूचक noun (title or term of respect)
Hungarian
4 entries- megtisztelő adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
- tiszteletiségi adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
- tiszteletteljes adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
- udvariassági adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
Japanese
1 entries- 敬語 noun (title or term of respect)
Kapampangan
1 entries- pámaggálang noun (title or term of respect)
Korean
3 entries- 경어 noun (title or term of respect)
- 높임말 noun (title or term of respect)
- 존댓말 noun (title or term of respect)
Mongolian
1 entries- хүндэтгэлийн үг noun (linguistics: word form encoding respect)
Polish
4 entries- grzecznościowy adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
- honorowy adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
- honoryfikatywny adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
- zaszczytny adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
Portuguese
2 entries- honorífico adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
- título honorífico noun (title or term of respect)
Russian
4 entries- поче́стный adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
- почте́нный adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
- почётный adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
- гонорати́в noun (title or term of respect)
Spanish
1 entries- honorífico adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
Ukrainian
1 entries- поче́сний adj (showing or conferring honour and respect)
Vietnamese
1 entries- kính ngữ noun (title or term of respect)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
A base service performed for a person of very high degree may become a very honorific office; as for instance the office of a Maid of Honor or of a Lady in Waiting to the Queen, or the King's Master of the Horse or his Keeper of the Hounds.
Source: tatoeba (425541)
It is virtually impossible to discuss the Thai Royal Family in English without offending native Thais: the special honorific forms of reference that exist in Thai simply have no counterparts in English.
Source: tatoeba (2135210)
I think honorific language is the hardest part of Japanese.
Source: tatoeba (9286874)
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