majesty

See also: Majesty

English

Alternative forms

• majestie (archaic)
• majty (obsolete contraction)

Etymology

Middle English majeste, mageste, from Old French majesté, from Latin māiestās, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”). See mega-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmædʒ.əs.ti/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmædʒ.ɪs.tɪ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

majesty (countable and uncountable, plural majesties)

1. The quality of being impressive and great.

   the majesty of the Great Pyramids

Derived terms

• majestic
• Her Majesty
• His Majesty
• Your Majesty

Translations

the quality of being impressive and great

• Arabic: جَلَالَة f (jalāla)
• Armenian: վեհություն (hy) (vehutʻyun)
• Catalan: majestat (ca)
• Czech: majestátnost f
• Dutch: majesteit (nl)
• Finnish: ylhäisyys (fi), majesteettisuus (fi), uljaus
• French: majesté (fr)
• German: Majestät (de) f
• Greek: μεγαλειότητα (el) m (megaleiótita)
• Ido: majesto (io)
• Italian: maestà (it)
• Japanese: 凛々しさ (りりしさ, ririshisa), 壮大さ (そうだいさ, soudaisa)
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• Korean: 폐하 (ko) (pyeha)
• Latin: māiestās (la)
• Manx: ard-ooasley, ard-ooashlid f
• Norwegian: storslagenhet m, storslåtthet m
• Persian: شکوه (fa) (šokuh)
• Polish: majestat (pl)
• Portuguese: majestade (pt)
• Romanian: măreție (ro), maiestate (ro)
• Russian: вели́чество (ru) n (velíčestvo)
• Sanskrit: द्युम्न (sa) n (dyumna)
• Spanish: majestad (es)
• Swedish: majestät (sv)
• Welsh: mawredd

See also

• grace
• highness
• imperial
• royal