majesty

See also: Majesty

English

Alternative forms

majestie (archaic)
majty (obsolete contraction)

Etymology

Middle English majeste, mageste, from Old French majesté, from Latin māiestās, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”). See mega-.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmædʒ.əs.ti/
(UK, dated) IPA^(key): /ˈmædʒ.ɪs.tɪ/
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Noun

majesty (countable and uncountable, plural majesties)

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 (りりしさ, ririshisa), 壮大さ (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)