term of address

noun

A word or phrase used to address or refer to someone or something without using his, her, their or its name (for example, His Excellency or Your Honor).

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form of addressstyle
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Meanings

nounterm of address (plural terms of address)

plural terms of address

  1. A word or phrase used to address or refer to someone or something without using his, her, their or its name (for example, His Excellency or Your Honor).

    Synonyms: form of address, style

  2. A title used before someone's name when addressing them or referring to them (for example, Mister Jones or Lord Mountbatten).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA word or phrase used to address or refer to someone or something without using his, her, their or its name (for example, His Excellency or Your Honor).

Similar
form of addressstyle
Also see
form of addressstyle

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 稱呼 /称呼, 稱謂 /称谓
  • 稱呼 /称呼 (chēnghū)word or phrase used to address or refer to someone
  • 稱謂 /称谓 (chēngwèi)word or phrase used to address or refer to someone
Finnish puhuttelusana
  • puhuttelusanaword or phrase used to address or refer to someone
French terme d’adresse, forme d’adresse
  • terme d’adresseword or phrase used to address or refer to someone
  • forme d’adresseword or phrase used to address or refer to someone
German Anredeform, Anrede
  • Anredeformword or phrase used to address or refer to someone
  • Anredeword or phrase used to address or refer to someone
Hungarian megszólítás
  • megszólításword or phrase used to address or refer to someone
Japanese 呼びかけ方
  • 呼びかけ方 (yobikakekata)word or phrase used to address or refer to someone
Korean 호칭
  • 호칭 (hoching)word or phrase used to address or refer to someone
Polish zwrot
  • zwrotword or phrase used to address or refer to someone
Portuguese termo de tratamento, pronome de tratamento
  • termo de tratamentoword or phrase used to address or refer to someone
  • pronome de tratamentoword or phrase used to address or refer to someone
  • forma de tratamentoword or phrase used to address or refer to someone
Russian фо́рма обраще́ния, обраще́ние
  • фо́рма обраще́ния (fórma obraščénija)word or phrase used to address or refer to someone
  • обраще́ние (obraščénije)word or phrase used to address or refer to someone
Spanish término de tratamiento
  • término de tratamientoword or phrase used to address or refer to someone
Swedish tilltalsord, tilltalsfras
  • tilltalsordword or phrase used to address or refer to someone
  • tilltalsfrasword or phrase used to address or refer to someone
Ukrainian фо́рма зверта́ння
  • фо́рма зверта́ння (fórma zvertánnja)word or phrase used to address or refer to someone
Cite this entry
APA

term of address. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/term%20of%20address

MLA

“term of address.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/term%20of%20address. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “term of address,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/term%20of%20address.

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