emerita

See also: Emerita and emérita

English

Etymology 1

From the Latin ēmerita, the feminine singular form of ēmeritus.

Adjective

emerita (plural emeritae)

1. feminine singular of emeritus (“(often postpositive) retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title”)

Noun

emerita (plural emeritae, masculine singular emeritus)

1. A female person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title.
   • 1988, Nadya Aisenberg, Mona Harrington, Women of Academe: Outsiders in the Sacred Grove, University of Massachusetts Press, →ISBN, page 187:

     And the older women faculty, the emeritae lived around the college and you talked to them and you heard it ... you know, they were just devoted to that place body and soul, and they didn’t care if they made two bent nickels a year, […]

   • 1991, American Holistic Nurses' Association, Beginnings, page 3:

     With the help of ever-present chief elder Charlotte McGuire and our headquarters, an updated list of all Board members was developed. Twenty-eight persons who are now emeritae were named.

   • 2007, Daniel Aaron, The Americanist, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 69:

     In 1939, when I arrived, women made up a slight majority of the Smith faculty. The oldest of the emeritae were such relics as Elizabeth Hanscomb, who had taught one of the first American literature courses in the country some time in the 1890s.

   • 2008, Linda Nochlin, A Life of Learning, pages 15–16:

     Although by no means a card-carrying feminist—and who was in those days, besides some shapeless, tweedy, old left-over suffragettes among the emeritae?—I knew from that time onward that I was not going to be one of those model domestic women.

Translations

retired female person, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title

• Finnish: emerita (fi)

Etymology 2

From the Latin ēmerita, a substantive use of the neuter plural form of ēmeritus.

Noun

emerita

1. plural of emeritum

Anagrams

• emirate, meatier

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēmerita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈemeritɑ/, [ˈe̞me̞ˌrit̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -itɑ
• Syllabification^(key): e‧me‧ri‧ta

Noun

emerita

1. emerita

Declension

Inflection of emerita (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative		emerita	emeritat
genitive		emeritan	emeritoiden emeritoitten emeritojen
partitive		emeritaa	emeritoita emeritoja
illative		emeritaan	emeritoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		emerita	emeritat
accusative	nom.	emerita	emeritat
	gen.	emeritan
genitive		emeritan	emeritoiden emeritoitten emeritojen emeritain rare
partitive		emeritaa	emeritoita emeritoja
inessive		emeritassa	emeritoissa
elative		emeritasta	emeritoista
illative		emeritaan	emeritoihin
adessive		emeritalla	emeritoilla
ablative		emeritalta	emeritoilta
allative		emeritalle	emeritoille
essive		emeritana	emeritoina
translative		emeritaksi	emeritoiksi
abessive		emeritatta	emeritoitta
instructive		—	emeritoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of emerita (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative emeritani emeritani accusative nom. emeritani emeritani gen. emeritani genitive emeritani emeritoideni emeritoitteni emeritojeni emeritaini rare partitive emeritaani emeritoitani emeritojani inessive emeritassani emeritoissani elative emeritastani emeritoistani illative emeritaani emeritoihini adessive emeritallani emeritoillani ablative emeritaltani emeritoiltani allative emeritalleni emeritoilleni essive emeritanani emeritoinani translative emeritakseni emeritoikseni abessive emeritattani emeritoittani instructive — — comitative — emeritoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative emeritasi emeritasi accusative nom. emeritasi emeritasi gen. emeritasi genitive emeritasi emeritoidesi emeritoittesi emeritojesi emeritaisi rare partitive emeritaasi emeritoitasi emeritojasi inessive emeritassasi emeritoissasi elative emeritastasi emeritoistasi illative emeritaasi emeritoihisi adessive emeritallasi emeritoillasi ablative emeritaltasi emeritoiltasi allative emeritallesi emeritoillesi essive emeritanasi emeritoinasi translative emeritaksesi emeritoiksesi abessive emeritattasi emeritoittasi instructive — — comitative — emeritoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative emeritamme emeritamme accusative nom. emeritamme emeritamme gen. emeritamme genitive emeritamme emeritoidemme emeritoittemme emeritojemme emeritaimme rare partitive emeritaamme emeritoitamme emeritojamme inessive emeritassamme emeritoissamme elative emeritastamme emeritoistamme illative emeritaamme emeritoihimme adessive emeritallamme emeritoillamme ablative emeritaltamme emeritoiltamme allative emeritallemme emeritoillemme essive emeritanamme emeritoinamme translative emeritaksemme emeritoiksemme abessive emeritattamme emeritoittamme instructive — — comitative — emeritoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative emeritanne emeritanne accusative nom. emeritanne emeritanne gen. emeritanne genitive emeritanne emeritoidenne emeritoittenne emeritojenne emeritainne rare partitive emeritaanne emeritoitanne emeritojanne inessive emeritassanne emeritoissanne elative emeritastanne emeritoistanne illative emeritaanne emeritoihinne adessive emeritallanne emeritoillanne ablative emeritaltanne emeritoiltanne allative emeritallenne emeritoillenne essive emeritananne emeritoinanne translative emeritaksenne emeritoiksenne abessive emeritattanne emeritoittanne instructive — — comitative — emeritoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative emeritansa emeritansa accusative nom. emeritansa emeritansa gen. emeritansa genitive emeritansa emeritoidensa emeritoittensa emeritojensa emeritainsa rare partitive emeritaansa emeritoitaan emeritojaan emeritoitansa emeritojansa inessive emeritassaan emeritassansa emeritoissaan emeritoissansa elative emeritastaan emeritastansa emeritoistaan emeritoistansa illative emeritaansa emeritoihinsa adessive emeritallaan emeritallansa emeritoillaan emeritoillansa ablative emeritaltaan emeritaltansa emeritoiltaan emeritoiltansa allative emeritalleen emeritallensa emeritoilleen emeritoillensa essive emeritanaan emeritanansa emeritoinaan emeritoinansa translative emeritakseen emeritaksensa emeritoikseen emeritoiksensa abessive emeritattaan emeritattansa emeritoittaan emeritoittansa instructive — — comitative — emeritoineen emeritoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• emeritaprofessori

 

Further reading

• “emerita”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Italian

Adjective

emerita f sg

1. feminine singular of emerito

Anagrams

• ametrie, eremita, eritema, materie, mieterà, remiate, temerai

Latin

Participle

ēmerita

1. inflection of ēmeritus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Participle

ēmeritā

1. ablative feminine singular of ēmeritus