majesty

See also: Majesty

English

Alternative forms

• majestie (obsolete)
• maiesty (obsolete)
• majty, maᵗⁱᵉ (contractions, obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English majeste, mageste, from Old French majesté, from Latin māiestās, (literally, "the quality of being larger than)." Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”) See mega-.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmæd͡ʒ.əs.ti/
• (UK, dated) IPA^(key): /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪs.tɪ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

majesty (countable and uncountable, plural majesties)

1. The quality of being impressive, great, dignified, powerful, sovereign, or any combination thereof.

   the majesty of the Great Pyramids

Derived terms

• Her Majesty
• His Majesty
• lese majesty
• majestic
• plural of majesty
• Your Majesty

Translations

the quality of being impressive and great

Arabic: جَلَالَة f (jalāla) Armenian: վեհություն (hy) (vehutʻyun) Bulgarian: величие (bg) n (veličie) Catalan: majestat (ca) f Czech: majestátnost f Dutch: majesteit (nl) f Esperanto: majesto Finnish: ylhäisyys (fi), majesteettisuus (fi), uljaus (fi) French: majesté (fr) f Galician: maxestade (gl) f German: Majestät (de) f Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹 f (mikilei) Greek: μεγαλειότητα (el) m (megaleiótita) Hindi: महिमा (hi) f (mahimā) Ido: majesto (io) Italian: maestà (it) f Japanese: 凛々しさ (りりしさ, ririshisa), 壮大さ (そうだいさ, soudaisa) Korean: 폐하 (ko) (pyeha) Latin: māiestās (la) f Macedonian: вели́чавост n (velíčavost) Manx: ard-ooashley f, ard-ooashlid m, reeaghtys m Norwegian: storslagenhet m, storslåtthet m Persian: شکوه (fa) (šokuh) Polish: majestat (pl) m Portuguese: majestade (pt) f Romanian: măreție (ro) f, maiestate (ro) f Russian: вели́чество (ru) n (velíčestvo) Sanskrit: द्युम्न (sa) n (dyumna) Spanish: majestad (es) f Swedish: majestät (sv) n Tagalog: kadakilaan Turkish: majeste (tr) Welsh: mawredd m

See also

• grace
• highness
• imperial
• royal