honorary

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

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 termsEdit

Terms derived from honorary

• honorary authorship
• honorary doctor
• honorary doctorate

• honorary title
• honorary trust

TranslationsEdit

given as an honor

• Bulgarian: почетен (bg) (početen)
• Catalan: honorari (ca)
• Czech: čestný m
• Finnish: kunnia (fi)
• French: honoris causa

• Italian: honoris causa, ad honorem
• Macedonian: почесен m (póčesen)
• Russian: почётный (ru) (počótnyj)
• Swedish: heders- (sv)

describes the holder of a position

• Catalan: honorari (ca)
• German: ehrenhaft (de), ehrbar (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: honorær

  Nynorsk: honorær

NounEdit

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.