majesty

See also: Majesty

English

Alternative forms

majestie (obsolete)
maiesty (obsolete)
majty, maᵗⁱᵉ (contractions, obsolete)

Etymology

From 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): /ˈmæd͡ʒ.əs.ti/
(UK, dated) IPA^(key): /ˈmæd͡ʒ.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

Translations

the quality of being impressive and great

Arabic: جَلَالَة f (jalāla)
Armenian: վեհություն (hy) (vehutʿyun)
Bulgarian: величие (bg) n (veličie)
Catalan: majestat (ca) f
Czech: majestátnost f
Dutch: majesteit (nl) f
Esperanto: majesto
Finnish: ylhäisyys (fi), majesteettisuus (fi), uljaus (fi)
French: majesté (fr) f
Galician: maxestade f
German: Majestät (de) f
Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹 f (mikilei)
Greek: μεγαλειότητα (el) m (megaleiótita)
Ido: majesto (io)
Italian: maestà (it) f
Japanese: 凛々しさ (りりしさ, ririshisa), 壮大さ (そうだいさ, soudaisa)
Korean: 폐하 (ko) (pyeha)
Latin: māiestās (la) f
Macedonian: вели́чавост n (velíčavost)
Manx: ard-ooashley f, ard-ooashlid m, reeaghtys m
Norwegian: storslagenhet m, storslåtthet m
Persian: شکوه (fa) (šokuh)
Polish: majestat (pl) m
Portuguese: majestade (pt) f
Romanian: măreție (ro) f, maiestate (ro) f
Russian: вели́чество (ru) n (velíčestvo)
Sanskrit: द्युम्न (sa) n (dyumna)
Spanish: majestad (es) f
Swedish: majestät (sv) n
Turkish: majeste (tr)
Welsh: mawredd m

See also

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