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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hon•or•if•ic /ˌɑnəˈrɪfɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - Linguisticscarrying or signaling honor, such as a title or a grammatical form used in speaking to or about a superior, an elder, etc.:Japanese uses honorific words depending on the status of the person speaking and of the person spoken to.
n. [countable] - Linguistics(in certain languages, as Chinese and Japanese) a class of grammatical words or forms of words used to show respect:the complicated use of honorifics.
- Linguisticsa title or term of respect.
See -fic-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hon•or•if•ic (on′ə rif′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - Also, hon′or•if′i•cal. doing or conferring honor.
- Linguisticsconveying honor, as a title or a grammatical form used in speaking to or about a superior, elder, etc.
n. - Linguistics(in certain languages, as Chinese and Japanese) a class of forms used to show respect, esp. in direct address.
- a title or term of respect.
- Latin honōrificus honor-making. See honor-, -i-, -fic
- 1640–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: honorific /ˌɒnəˈrɪfɪk/ adj - showing or conferring honour or respect
- (of a pronoun, verb inflection, etc) indicating the speaker's respect for the addressee or his acknowledgment of inferior status
- (as noun): a Japanese honorific
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