majesty

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• UK, US: /ˈmæd͡ʒ.əs.ti/
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• UK, dated: /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪs.tɪ/
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• UK: /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ə.sti/
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• UK: /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.sti/
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From Middle English majeste, mageste, from Old French majesté, from Latin maiestātem, (literally, "the quality of being greater”). Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh2s (“great”) See mega-.

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”).

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: جَلَالَة (jalāla) — the quality of being impressive and great
• Arabic: عظمة (‘aḍama) — the quality of being impressive and great
• Arabic: هيبة (hiba) — the quality of being impressive and great
• Armenian: վեհություն (vehutʻyun) — the quality of being impressive and great
• Bulgarian: величие (veličie) — the quality of being impressive and great
• Caló: baripé — the quality of being impressive and great
• Catalan: majestat — the quality of being impressive and great
• Chinese Mandarin: 威严 (wēiyán) — the quality of being impressive and great
• Czech: majestátnost — the quality of being impressive and great
• Dutch: majesteit — the quality of being impressive and great
• Esperanto: majesto — the quality of being impressive and great
• Finnish: ylhäisyys — the quality of being impressive and great
• Finnish: majesteettisuus — the quality of being impressive and great
• Finnish: uljaus — the quality of being impressive and great
• French: majesté — the quality of being impressive and great
• Galician: maxestade — the quality of being impressive and great
• German: Majestät — the quality of being impressive and great
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹 (mikilei) — the quality of being impressive and great
• Greek: μεγαλειότητα (megaleiótita) — the quality of being impressive and great
• Hebrew: הוד (hod) — the quality of being impressive and great
• Hebrew: הָדָר (hadar) — the quality of being impressive and great
• Hindi: महिमा (mahimā) — the quality of being impressive and great
• Ido: majesto — the quality of being impressive and great
• Italian: maestà — the quality of being impressive and great
• Japanese: 凛々しさ (ririshisa) — the quality of being impressive and great
• Japanese: 壮大さ (soudaisa) — the quality of being impressive and great
• Korean: 폐하 (pyeha) — the quality of being impressive and great
• Ladino: maestá — the quality of being impressive and great
• Ladino: grandeza — the quality of being impressive and great
• Latin: māiestās — the quality of being impressive and great
• Macedonian: вели́чавост (velíčavost) — the quality of being impressive and great
• Manx: ard-ooashley — the quality of being impressive and great
• Manx: ard-ooashlid — the quality of being impressive and great
• Manx: reeaghtys — the quality of being impressive and great
• Norwegian: storslagenhet — the quality of being impressive and great
• Norwegian: storslåtthet — the quality of being impressive and great
• Persian: شکوه (šokuh) — the quality of being impressive and great
• Polish: majestat — the quality of being impressive and great
• Portuguese: majestade — the quality of being impressive and great
• Romanian: măreție — the quality of being impressive and great
• Romanian: maiestate — the quality of being impressive and great
• Russian: вели́чество (velíčestvo) — the quality of being impressive and great
• Sanskrit: द्युम्न (dyumna) — the quality of being impressive and great
• Sindhi: عظمت (azmat) — the quality of being impressive and great
• Spanish: majestad — the quality of being impressive and great
• Swedish: majestät — the quality of being impressive and great
• Tagalog: kadakilaan — the quality of being impressive and great
• Tarifit: timɣert — the quality of being impressive and great
• Turkish: majeste — the quality of being impressive and great
• Welsh: mawredd — the quality of being impressive and great
• Azerbaijani: Əlahəzrət — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Belarusian: вялі́касць (vjalíkascʹ) — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Bulgarian: вели́чество (velíčestvo) — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Chinese Mandarin: 陛下 (bìxià) — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Czech: veličenstvo — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Danish: majestæt — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Dutch: majesteit — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Erzya: отёрчи (oťorči) — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Esperanto: Reĝa Moŝto — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Esperanto: Reĝa Moŝtino — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Esperanto: Imperia Moŝto — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Esperanto: Imperia Moŝtino — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Finnish: majesteetti — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• French: majesté — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• German: Majestät — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 (þiudans) — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Japanese: 陛下 (heika) — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Korean: 폐하 (pyeha) — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Macedonian: вели́чество (velíčestvo) — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Malay: Yang Mulia — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Norwegian Bokmål: Majestet — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Polish: wysokość — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Portuguese: majestade — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Russian: вели́чество (velíčestvo) — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Serbo-Croatian: велича̀нство — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Serbo-Croatian: veličànstvo — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Slovak: veličenstvo — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Slovene: veličanstvo — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Spanish: majestad — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Swedish: Majestät — term of address for royalty and imperiality
• Ukrainian: вели́чність (velýčnistʹ) — term of address for royalty and imperiality