emeritus

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title.

Noun

1. A (male) person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title.
2. (rare) An honorific version of a previous title.

Conceptos

emérito

honorario

jubilado

pensionado

retirado

emérita

Sinónimos

honorary

retired

solitary

titular

titulary

Traducciones

emerito

émérite

emèrit

emeritiert

emeritus

emérito

emeritus

Emeritus

rustend

pensionierte

επίτιμος

zog sich zurück

jubilat

en retraite

im Ruhestand

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɪˈmɛɹɪtəs/

Etimología (Inglés)

The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin ēmeritus (“(having been) earned, (having been) merited; (having been) served, having done one’s service”), the perfect passive participle of ēmereō (“to earn, merit; to gain by service; (military) to complete one’s obligation to serve, to serve out one’s time”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’) + mereō (“to deserve, merit; to acquire, earn, get, obtain; to render service to; to serve”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to allot; to assign”)).
The noun is derived from the adjective. The plural form emeriti is borrowed from Latin ēmeritī.