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
• 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