majesty

See also Majesty

English

Alternative forms

• majestie (archaic)
• majty (obsolete contraction)

Etymology

Middle English maieste, mageste, from Old French majesté, from Latin māiestās, derived from Proto-Indo-European *maǵ-yos- (“greater”), from *maǵ-, *meǵ- (“great”). See mega-.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈmædʒ.əs.ti/, X-SAMPA: /m{dZ.@s.ti/

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Noun

majesty (plural majesties)

1. The quality of being impressive and great

   the majesty of the Great Pyramids

Related terms

• majestic
• Her Majesty
• His Majesty
• Your Majesty

Translations

the quality of being impressive and great

• Armenian: վեհություն (hy) (vehut’yun)
• Catalan: majestat (ca)
• Czech: majestátnost (cs) f
• French: majesté (fr)
• German: Majestät (de) f
• Greek: μεγαλειότητα (el) (meγali'o.tita) m
• Italian: maestà (it)
• Latin: maiestas (la)

• Manx: ard-ooasley (gv), ard-ooashlid (gv) f
• Norwegian: storslagenhet (no) m, storslåtthet (no) m
• Polish: majestat (pl)
• Portuguese: majestade (pt)
• Romanian: măreție (ro), maiestate (ro)
• Russian: величество (ru) (velíčestvo) n
• Spanish: majestad (es)
• Swedish: majestät (sv)

See also

• highness
• imperial
• royal