lese majesty

lese majesty

See also: lese-majesty

English

Alternative forms

• leze majesty, lèse majesté

Etymology

From French lèse-majesté, from Latin laesa maiestās (“injured majesty”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /liz ˈmædʒəsti/

Noun

lese majesty

1. The crime of violating majesty, an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state.

Translations

crime of violating majesty

Chinese: Mandarin: 大不敬 (zh) (dàbùjìng) Dutch: majesteitsschennis (nl) f Finnish: majesteettirikos (fi) French: lèse-majesté (fr) f German: Majestätsbeleidigung f Greek: έγκλημα καθοσιώσεως (el) n (égklima kathosióseos)

Japanese: 不敬罪 (ja) (fukeizai) Khmer: ប្រមាថព្រះចេស្ដា (prɑmaat preah ceɛhsdaa), ការប្រមាថព្រះចេស្ដា (kaa prɑmaat preah ceɛhsdaa), រុងរឿងប្រមាថ (ruŋ-rɨəŋ prɑmaat) Lao: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: lesa-majestade (pt) Russian: оскорбле́ние вели́чества n (oskorblénije velíčestva) Spanish: lesa majestad f Thai: ความผิดต่อองค์พระมหากษัตริย์ (kwaam pìt dtòr ong prá máhăa gàsàt), พิซซ่า (pít-sâa) (slang)