Majesty

See also: majesty

English

Etymology

From an alternative capitalization of English majesty, from Middle English maieste, mageste, from Old French majesté, from Latin māiestās, derived from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ə.sti/, /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.sti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ə.sti/

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Pronoun

Majesty (Majesties)

1. a term of address for royalty and imperiality

   His/Her/Your Majesty

Usage notes

A king or queen is usually styled "Your Majesty" or "Your Royal Majesty", although in earlier times other forms were used, such as "Your Grace". An emperor or empress is styled "Your Imperial Majesty".

Occasionally other variations are used. The queen of Great Britain is sometimes called "Her Britannic Majesty"; the King and Queen of Spain "Their Most Catholic Majesties"; the King of Hawai'i "His Oceanic Majesty".

Related terms

• majestic
• Her Majesty
• His Majesty
• Your Majesty

Translations

term of address for royalty and imperiality

• Belarusian: вялі́касць f (vjalíkascʹ)
• Bulgarian: вели́чество (bg) n (velíčestvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陛下 (zh) (bìxià)

• Czech: veličenstvo n
• Danish: majestæt (da) c
• Dutch: majesteit (nl) f
• Erzya: отёрчи (oťorči)
• Esperanto: Reĝa Moŝto, Reĝa Moŝtino, Imperia Moŝto, Imperia Moŝtino
• Finnish: majesteetti (fi)
• French: majesté (fr) f
• German: Majestät (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 m or f (þiudans)
• Japanese: 陛下 (ja) (へいか, heika)
• Korean: 폐하(陛下) (ko) (pyeha)
• Macedonian: вели́чество n (velíčestvo)
• Malay: Yang Mulia n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Majestet m

• Polish: wysokość (pl) f
• Portuguese: majestade (pt) f
• Russian: вели́чество (ru) n (velíčestvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: велича̀нство n

  Roman: veličànstvo (sh) n

• Slovak: veličenstvo n
• Slovene: veličanstvo (sl) n
• Spanish: majestad (es) f
• Swedish: Majestät (sv) c
• Ukrainian: вели́чність f (velýčnistʹ)

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Translations to be checked

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} maiestas (la), ^{(please verify)} majestas f
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} vznešenosť f (1)