Meaning

3 senses

  1. A person's title, such as "Mrs" or "Doctor".

  2. A term of respect; respectful language.

    Höflichkeitsform

    гонорати́вgonoratív, кэ́йгоkɛ́jgo, кэйго́kɛjgó

    an expression of respect

  3. A word or word form expressing the speaker's respect for the hearer or the referent.

    Honorifikum

Examples

4 sentences

  1. The Japanese language has honorific expressions.

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  2. Laozi is an honorific title given to him by others.

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  3. I think honorific language is the hardest part of Japanese.

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  4. The title "Zi" was an honorific title for learned scholars in ancient China, such as Confucius, Laozi, Mozi and Han Feizi.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
title or term of respect:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
title or term of respect:
linguistics: word form encoding respect:

Forms

plural: honorifics

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
honorableB2honoraryhonourA2honourableB2

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