Honorific
//ˌɒnəˈɹɪfɪk//
Translations of "honorific" (18 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | почетен(showing or conferring honour and respect), почтителен(showing or conferring honour and respect), почтителен(based on or valuing honor), обръщение(title or term of respect), обръщение(linguistics: word form encoding respect) | početen, počtitelen, počtitelen, obrǎštenie, obrǎštenie | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 敬語 /敬语(title or term of respect), 敬辭 /敬辞(title or term of respect) | jìngyǔ, jìngcí | |
| Dutch | eretitel(title or term of respect) | — | |
| Finnish | kunnioittava(showing or conferring honour and respect), arvonimi(title or term of respect) | — | |
| French | honorifique(showing or conferring honour and respect), titre honorifique(title or term of respect) | — | |
| German | Ehren(showing or conferring honour and respect), Ruhmes(showing or conferring honour and respect), ehrenbezogen(based on or valuing honor), geltungsbegierig(based on or valuing honor), statusorientiert(based on or valuing honor), Honorifikum(linguistics: word form encoding respect), Höflichkeitsform(title or term of respect) | — | |
| Hindi | सम्मानसूचक(title or term of respect) | sammānsūcak | |
| Hungarian | megtisztelő(showing or conferring honour and respect), tiszteletiségi(showing or conferring honour and respect), tiszteletteljes(showing or conferring honour and respect), udvariassági(showing or conferring honour and respect) | — | |
| Japanese | 敬語(title or term of respect) | keigo | |
| Kapampangan | pámaggálang(title or term of respect) | — | |
| Korean | 경어(title or term of respect), 높임말(title or term of respect), 존댓말(title or term of respect) | gyeong'eo, nopimmal, jondaenmal | |
| Mongolian | хүндэтгэлийн үг(linguistics: word form encoding respect) | xündetgeliin üg | |
| Polish | grzecznościowy(showing or conferring honour and respect), honorowy(showing or conferring honour and respect), honoryfikatywny(showing or conferring honour and respect), zaszczytny(showing or conferring honour and respect), zwrot grzecznościowy(title or term of respect) | — | |
| Portuguese | honorífico(showing or conferring honour and respect), título honorífico(title or term of respect) | — | |
| Russian | поче́стный(showing or conferring honour and respect), почте́нный(showing or conferring honour and respect), почётный(showing or conferring honour and respect), гонорати́в(title or term of respect), кэ́йго(title or term of respect), кэйго́(title or term of respect) | počéstnyj, počténnyj, počótnyj, gonoratív, kɛ́jgo, kɛjgó | |
| Spanish | honorífico(showing or conferring honour and respect) | — | |
| Ukrainian | поче́сний(showing or conferring honour and respect) | počésnyj | |
| Vietnamese | kính ngữ(title or term of respect) | — |
почетен, почтителен, почтителен, обръщение, обръщение
početen, počtitelen, počtitelen, obrǎštenie, obrǎštenie
eretitel
kunnioittava, arvonimi
honorifique, titre honorifique
Ehren, Ruhmes, ehrenbezogen, geltungsbegierig, statusorientiert, Honorifikum, Höflichkeitsform
megtisztelő, tiszteletiségi, tiszteletteljes, udvariassági
pámaggálang
grzecznościowy, honorowy, honoryfikatywny, zaszczytny, zwrot grzecznościowy
honorífico, título honorífico
поче́стный, почте́нный, почётный, гонорати́в, кэ́йго, кэйго́
počéstnyj, počténnyj, počótnyj, gonoratív, kɛ́jgo, kɛjgó
honorífico
kính ngữ
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