Her Majesty

English

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Pronoun

Her Majesty

1. (formal) A title of respect used when referring to a queen.
2. (informal, sarcastic) A sarcastic way of referring to any female who is (or appears) pompous or bossy.

Usage notes

• This is the third-person form of address to a queen. The form used when addressing a queen directly is Your Majesty.

Derived terms

• at Her Majesty's pleasure

Translations

title of respect when referring to a queen

• Azerbaijani: Əlahəzrət
• Catalan: Sa Majestat
• Czech: Její Veličenstvo
• Danish: Hendes Majestæt
• Dutch: Hare Majesteit
• Esperanto: Ŝia Reĝa Moŝtino
• Estonian: Tema Majesteet
• Finnish: Hänen Majesteettinsa
• French: Sa Majesté (fr) f
• German: Ihre Majestät f
• Greek: Αυτής Μεγαλειότης (Aftís Megaleiótis)
• Hebrew: הוד מלכותה f (hod malkhutah)
• Hungarian: fenség (hu)
• Italian: Sua Maestà
• Japanese: 陛下 (ja) (へいか, heika)
• Latin: regina (la)
• Macedonian: Нејзиното Величество (Nejzinoto Veličestvo)
• Malay: Tuanku
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Hennes Majestet

  Nynorsk: Hennar Majestet

• Polish: Jej Królewska Mość
• Portuguese: Sua Majestade
• Romanian: Majestatea Sa f
• Russian: Её Вели́чество n (Jejó Velíčestvo)
• Sanskrit: महाराणी f (mahārāṇī)
• Spanish: Su Majestad
• Swedish: Hennes Majestät
• Ukrainian: Її Вели́чність (Jiji Velýčnistʹ)
• Volapük: jimayedal
• Welsh: Ei Mawrhydi

See also

Third person - female (Her)	Third person - male (His)	Second person (Your)	Third person - plural (Their)
Her Britannic Majesty	His Britannic Majesty	Your Britannic Majesty	Their Britannic Majesties
Her Excellency	His Excellency	Your Excellency	Their Excellencies
Her Highness	His Highness	Your Highness	Their Highnesses
Her Imperial Highness	His Imperial Highness	Your Imperial Highness	Their Imperial Highnesses
Her Imperial Majesty	His Imperial Majesty	Your Imperial Majesty	Their Imperial Majesties
Her Maj	His Maj	Your Maj
Her Majesty	His Majesty	Your Majesty	Their Majesties
Her Royal Highness	His Royal Highness	Your Royal Highness	Their Royal Highnesses
Her Royal Majesty	His Royal Majesty	Your Royal Majesty	Their Royal Majesties
Her Serene Highness	His Serene Highness	Your Serene Highness	Their Serene Highnesses