honorary

English

Alternative forms

• honourary (archaic)

Etymology

From honor +‎ -ary, modelled after French honoraire, from Latin honorarius.

Adjective

honorary (not comparable)

1. Given as an honor/honour, with no duties attached, and without payment.

   honorary degree; honorary doctorate

2. Voluntary.
3. Describes the holder of a position or title that is assigned to him as a special honor rather than by normal channels.

   honorary citizen

   honorary consul

   honorary vice president

   honorary member of the family

Derived terms

• honorary authorship
• honorary doctor
• honorary doctorate
• honorary title
• honorary trust

 

Translations

given as an honor

• Bulgarian: почетен (bg) (početen)
• Catalan: honorari (ca)
• Czech: čestný (cs) m
• Finnish: kunnia (fi)
• French: honoris causa (fr)
• German: Ehren-, ehrenhalber (de) (postpositioned)
• Hindi: आनरेरी (hi) m (ānrerī), अवैतनिक (hi) m (avaitnik)

• Hungarian: címzetes (hu), (of a doctor) honoris causa
• Italian: onorativo (it)
• Macedonian: почесен m (počesen)
• Nepali: अवैतनिक (hi) (avaitnik)
• Polish: honorowy (pl), nominalny, tytularny (pl)
• Russian: почётный (ru) (počótnyj)
• Swedish: heders- (sv)

volontary

• German: Ehren-, ehrenhalber (de) (postpositioned), ehrenamtlich (de)

describes the holder of a position

• Catalan: honorari (ca)
• German: Ehren-
• Hindi: आनरेरी (hi) m (ānrerī), अवैतनिक (hi) m (avaitnik)
• Hungarian: tiszteletbeli (hu), (as of a citizen) dísz- (hu)

• Nepali: अवैतनिक (hi) (avaitnik)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: honorær

  Nynorsk: honorær

Noun

honorary (plural honoraries)

1. An honorarium; a fee for services of no fixed value.
2. (US) A kind of secret society that operates in name only, with membership given to honor some achievement.