honorable

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. (US) Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity.
2. (US) Worthy of respect; respectable.
3. (US) Complying with cultural rules regarding honor; not provoking shame or disgrace.
4. (US) A courtesy title, given in Britain and the Commonwealth to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator, and in the United States to the president, vice president, congresspeople, state governors and legislators, and mayors.

Noun

A politician or other person who bears the title of "honorable".

Concepts

honorable

sûr

bon

👍

estimable

éthique

fade

honnête

consciencieux

honorifique

moral

probe

sans caractère

scrupuleux

brave

go-

Opposé de

contemptible, despicable, mean

Synonymes

respectable

honourable

honest

upright

honourable

honored

noble

estimable

glorious

dignified

honorary

ethical

trustworthy

revered

righteous

honored

worthy of respect

honoured

honoured

truthful

unfailing

believable

decent

principled

dependable

reliable

responsible

scrupulous

secure

sensible

straight

true

trusty

venerable

kosher

trustable

convincing

credible

reverend

respected

respectful

decent person

close

fair

precious

good

👍

expensive

💰

moral

respectable person

trustworthy person

Traductions

onorevole

honorable

onesto

eervol

αξιότιμος

eerwaardig

honorable

recolitus

eerzaam

onorabile

honestus

ingenuus

onorato

έντιμος

ehrbar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɒnəɹəbl̩/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: honourable

Appartenant à italien: onorabile

Appartenant à espagnol: honorable

In summary

From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“I honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honor + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst.