Your Majesty

English

Proper noun

Your Majesty (plural Your Majesties)

(formal) A term of address used in direct address to a monarch of higher rank than a prince, such as a king, queen, emperor, or empress.
(informal, sarcastic) A sarcastic term of address to anyone who is (or is acting) pompous or bossy.

Usage notes

If the reigning monarch is a prince or princess, the form is Your Highness.
The exact forms vary somewhat from country to country.

Translations

term of address

Arabic: جَلَالَتُكَ‎ (jalālatuka) (to masc sg), جَلَالَتُكِ‎ (jalālatuki) (to fem sg)
Armenian: Ձերդ Մեծություն (Jerd Mecutʿyun), Ձերդ Վեհություն (Jerd Vehutʿyun)
Azerbaijani: Əlahəzrət
Belarusian: Ва́ша Вялі́касць f (Váša Vjalíkascʹ), Ва́ша Вялі́касьць f (Váša Vjalíkasʹcʹ) (Taraškievica)
Bengali: মহামহিম (môhamôhim)
Bulgarian: Ва́ше Вели́чество n (Váše Velíčestvo)
Catalan: Sa Majestat f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 陛下 (zh) (bìxià), 萬歲／万岁 (zh) (wànsuì)
Czech: Vaše Veličenstvo n
Danish: Deres Majestæt
Dutch: Uwe Majesteit f
Esperanto: Via Reĝa Moŝto, Via Reĝa Moŝtino, Via Imperiala Moŝto, Via Imperiala Moŝtino
Estonian: Teie Majesteet
Faroese: Tygara Hátign
Finnish: Teidän Majesteettinne
French: Votre Majesté (fr) f, sire (fr) m
Galician: A súa Maxestade f
German: Eure Majestät f, Euer Majestät f
Georgian: თქვენო უდიდებულესობავ (tkveno udidebulesobav)
Greek: Μεγαλειότατε (el) m (Megaleiótate), Μεγαλειοτάτη f (Megaleiotáti)
Gujarati: તમારી ભવ્યતા (tamārī bhavyatā)
Hebrew: הוד מעלתך‎ m (hod ma'alatkhá)
Hindi: महाराज (hi) m (mahārāj), महारानी f (mahārānī)
Hungarian: Őfelsége
Icelandic: Yðar Hátign
Indonesian: Yang Mulia
Irish: do mhaorga
Italian: Sua Maestà f, Vostra Maestà f
Japanese: 陛下 (ja) (へいか, heika)
Kannada: ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮಹಿಮೆ (nimma mahime)
Korean: 폐하(陛下) (ko) (pyeha), 마마 (ko) (mama)
Latin: Maiestas Tua
Macedonian: Ваше Величество n (Vaše Veličestvo)
Malay: Tuanku, tuanku
Maori: Tōu Whakaritenga
Nepali: तपाईंको महिमा (tapāīṃko mahimā)
Norwegian: Deres Majestet
Nupe: Bagandòzhì
Polish: Wasza Wysokość (pl) f
Portuguese: Vossa Majestade f
Romanian: Majestatea Voastră f
Russian: госуда́рь (ru) m (gosudárʹ), Ва́ше Вели́чество n (Váše Velíčestvo)
Scottish Gaelic: Ur Mhòrachd
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ваше Величанство n, Ваше Височанство n, Ваша Висости
Roman: Vaše Veličanstvo n, Vaše Visočanstvo n, Vaša Visosti
Sinhalese: උතුමාණනි (utumāṇani)
Slovak: Vaše Veličenstvo n
Slovene: Vaše Veličanstvo n
Spanish: Su Majestad f
Swedish: Ers Majestät c
Tamil: உமது கம்பீரம் (umatu kampīram)
Telugu: మీ ఘనత (mī ghanata)
Turkish: Majesteleri
Ukrainian: Ва́ша Вели́чність f (Váša Velýčnistʹ)
Vietnamese: bệ hạ (vi) (陛下)
Volapük: ol, o mayedal !
Welsh: eich mawredd
Yoruba: Kábíyèsí

Pronoun

Your Majesty (plural Your Majesties)

(formal) you (in direct address to such a monarch)
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene vi]:
  All our service,
  In every point twice done and then double done,
  Were poor and single business to contend
  Against whose honors deep and broad wherewith
  Your Majesty loads our house.
- c. 1845, Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte-Cristo, page 59:
  “Sire,” said Villefort, “the rapidity of the event must prove to your majesty that God alone can prevent it, by raising a tempest; what your majesty is pleased to attribute to me as profound perspicacity is simply owing to chance; and I have profited by that chance, like a good and devoted servant—that's all. Do not attribute to me more than I deserve, sire, that your majesty may never have occasion to recall the first opinion you have been pleased to form of me.”

Alternative forms

His Majesty, Her Majesty (third person)

Your Majesty

English

Proper noun

Usage notes

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Pronoun

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See also