Betekenis van:
honorific

honorific
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • an expression of respect
    "the Japanese use many honorifics"

    Hyperoniemen

    honorific
    Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
      • conferring or showing honor or respect
      "honorific social status commonly attaches to membership in a recognized profession"

      Voorbeeldzinnen

      1. The Japanese language has honorific expressions.
      2. It is virtually impossible to discuss the Thai Royal Family in English without offending native Thais: the special honorific forms of reference that exist in Thai simply have no counterparts in English.
      3. A base service performed for a person of very high degree may become a very honorific office; as for instance the office of a Maid of Honor or of a Lady in Waiting to the Queen, or the King's Master of the Horse or his Keeper of the Hounds.