nous de majesté

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nu d(ə) ma.ʒɛs.te/

Noun

nous de majesté m (uncountable)

  1. royal we, majestic plural (plural used by a sovereign)
    • Nous, Lion, Roi des Animaux, décrétons : Afin que la paix règne parmi tous nos sujets, il sera désormais expressément défendu de se manger les uns les autres. (We, Lion, king of the beasts, decree: so that peace may reign, our subjects are forbidden to eat each other.) (The Tale of the Fox, 1930)
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