honorific

English

honorific (plural honorifics)

A title. (e.g., Mister, Misses, Doctor, Professor)
A term of respect; respectful language.
(linguistics) A word or word form expressing the speaker's respect for the hearer or the referent.

title or term of respect

Chinese:
Mandarin: 敬辭／敬辞 (zh) (jìngcí), 敬語／敬语 (zh) (jìngyǔ)
Finnish: arvonimi (fi)
German: Höflichkeitsform (de) f
Japanese: 敬語 (ja) (けいご, keigo)
Kapampangan: pámaggálang
Korean: 경어(敬語) (ko) (gyeong'eo), 존댓말 (ko) (jondaenmal), 높임말 (ko) (nopimmal)
Portuguese: título honorífico m
Russian: гонорати́в (ru) m (gonoratív), (specifically Japanese honorifics) кэ́йго n (kɛ́jgo), кэйго́ n (kɛjgó)
Vietnamese: kính ngữ (vi) (敬語), kính cẩn (vi)

linguistics: word form encoding respect

honorific (comparative more honorific, superlative most honorific)

Showing or conferring honour and respect.
- 1996, T. P. Wiseman, “The Minucii and Their Monument”, in Jerzy Linderski (editor), Imperium Sine Fine: T. Robert S. Broughton and the Roman Republic, Franz Steiner Verlag, →ISBN, page 59:
  According to Pliny, the custom of setting up honorific statues on columns was a comparably ancient one.
Based on or valuing honor
- 2010, Orlando Patterson, “The mechanisms of cultural reproduction: explaining the puzzle of persistence”, in John R. Hall et al. (editors), Handbook of Cultural Sociology, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 143:
  In the honorific cultural process, individuals (especially men) are extremely sensitive to real or perceived insults, and […]

showing or conferring honour and respect

Bulgarian: почтителен (bg) (počtitelen)
German: Ehren-, Ruhmes-
Hungarian: megtisztelő (hu), tiszteletteljes (hu), udvariassági (hu), (linguistics) tiszteletiségi
Portuguese: honorífico (pt)
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: honorífico (es)
Ukrainian: поче́сний (počésnyj)

based on or valuing honor