majesty

See also: Majesty

Contents

English

Alternative forms

• majestie (archaic)
• majty (obsolete contraction)

Etymology

Middle English maieste, mageste, from Old French majesté, from Latin māiestās, derived from *meǵh₂s (“great”). See mega-.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmædʒ.əs.ti/

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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) (vehutʿyun)
• 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 (ja) (りりしさ, ririshisa), 壮大さ (ja) (そうだいさ, soudaisa)

• Korean: 폐하 (ko) (pyeha)
• Latin: maiestas (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)
• Spanish: majestad (es)
• Swedish: majestät (sv)

See also

• highness
• imperial
• royal