honorary

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

honorary (not comparable)

Given as an honor/honour, with no duties attached, and without payment.
honorary degree; honorary doctorate
Voluntary.
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)

Hungarian: címzetes (hu), (of a doctor) 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)
Hungarian: tiszteletbeli (hu), (as of a citizen) dísz- (hu)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: honorær

Nynorsk: honorær

Noun

honorary (plural honoraries)

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

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