emeritus

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === Adjective and singular noun: (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɛɹɪtəs/ (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /əˈmɛɹətəs/ Rhymes: -ɛɹɪtəs Hyphenation: eme‧ri‧tus Plural noun (emeriti): (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɛɹɪtaɪ/ (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /əˈmɛɹətaɪ/ Hyphenation: eme‧ri‧ti === Adjective === emeritus (not comparable, feminine singular emerita, masculine plural emeriti or (rare) emerituses, feminine plural emeritae) (often postpositive) Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title. ==== Usage notes ==== Until c. 1910–1920, both prepositive and postpositive usage was more or less equally common. Since then, more commonly postpositive (e.g., professor emeritus instead of emeritus professor). With the rare plural form emerituses, the noun is not pluralized (e.g., professor emerituses, analyzed as professor emeritus + -es). With emeriti, not pluralizing the noun (e.g., professor emeriti) is non-standard. The masculine plural forms emeriti/​emerituses may be used when referring to mixed (including both men and women) groups. Usage of the masculine emeritus/​emeriti/​emerituses instead of the feminine emerita/​emeritae when exclusively referring to a woman or women may be considered non-standard, but some use, e.g., the title professor emeritus gender-neutrally. ==== Related terms ==== emerit (obsolete, rare) emerited (archaic) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== erstwhile, ex-, ex, former honorary === Noun === emeritus (plural emeriti or emerituses) (plural emeriti or (rare) emerituses) A (male) person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title. Coordinate term: emerita (rare, plural emerituses) An honorific version of a previous title. ==== Related terms ==== emerita emeritum emeritate ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === emeritus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === semitrue, user time == Dutch == === Alternative forms === (abbreviation) em. === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ēmeritus. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === emeritus (not comparable) emeritus ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === emeritaat on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == Finnish == === Etymology === < Latin emeritus === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈe(ː)meritus/, [ˈe̞(ː)me̞ˌrit̪us̠] IPA(key): /ˈe(ː)meˈritus/, [ˈe̞(ː)me̞ˈrit̪us̠] Rhymes: -itus Syllabification(key): e‧me‧ri‧tus Hyphenation(key): eme‧ri‧tus === Noun === emeritus emeritus (male person who is retired from active service, chiefly used of university professors, bishops and holders of other high-ranking positions, often added in their previous title) Coordinate term: emerita paavi emeritus Benedictus XVI ― pope emeritus Benedict XVI ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ēmeritus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [eˈmeːʁitʊs] Hyphenation: eme‧ri‧tus === Adjective === emeritus (strong nominative masculine singular emerituser, not comparable) emeritus === Further reading === “emeritus” in Duden online “emeritus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch emeritus, from Latin ēmeritus. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /emeˈritus/ [e.meˈri.t̪ʊs] Rhymes: -itus Syllabification: e‧me‧ri‧tus === Adjective === emeritus (comparative lebih emeritus, superlative paling emeritus) emeritus === Noun === emeritus (plural emeritus-emeritus) emeritus === Further reading === “emeritus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of ēmereō (“earn, merit”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eːˈmɛ.rɪ.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈmɛː.ri.tus] === Participle === ēmeritus (feminine ēmerita, neuter ēmeritum); first/second-declension participle (having been) earned, (having been) merited (having been) served, having done one's service ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension participle. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: emèrit → English: emeritus French: émérite → German: Emerit → Polish: emeryt Italian: emerito Portuguese: emérito Romanian: emerit Spanish: emérito, Mérida === References === “emeritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “emeritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "emeritus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “emeritus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.