your grace

See also: your Grace

English

Pronoun

your grace (plural your graces)

1. (formal) A title of respect used when addressing a duke or duchess or other high noble of equivalent rank.
2. (formal, obsolete) you (as a polite form of address to social superiors)

Usage notes

The pronoun phrase your grace is functionally second person but grammatically third person.

Related terms

• (formal pronoun phrases used for second person) Your Majesty, Your Highness, your Honor

Translations

you

• Danish: din nåde
• Finnish: Teidän armonne
• French: Votre Grâce (fr) f
• Galician: vosa mercede, vostede
• German: Euer Gnaden
• Macedonian: Ва́ша Ми́лост (Váša Mílost)
• Portuguese: vossa mercê (pt)
• Russian: Ва́ша Ми́лость (Váša Mílostʹ), Ва́ша Све́тлость (Váša Svétlostʹ)
• Spanish: vuestra merced (es), su merced
• Swedish: ers nåd