Highness

highness English Etymology en it altezza, from en la-lat altitia, from la 1 altus -itia, equivalent to en high ness. See en highness for formation of the English term. Pronunciation en /ˈhaɪ.nəs/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Highness.wav Southern England Noun The style of a prince, princess or someone of equivalent rank. en obsolete The style of an emperor or king. Usage notes both senses The style is typically used with a possessive pronoun: en Your Highness, en Their Highnesses et al. Synonyms obsolete: style of emperor or king en Majesty current Derived terms en Imperial Highness HRH Royal Highness Your Serene Highness Translations form of address Arabic: ar سُمُوّ m, ar سُمُوَّة f Belarusian: be высо́касць f Bulgarian: bg висо́чество n Catalan: ca altesa Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 殿下 diànxià, cmn 閣下 géxià Czech: cs výsost f Danish: da højhed c Dutch: nl hoogheid f Erzya: myv сэрейчи Esperanto: eo moŝto, eo alteco Finnish: fi ylhäisyys French: fr altesse f German: de Hoheit f Greek: el Υψηλότατος m, el Υψηλοτάτη f Italian: it altezza f Japanese: ja 殿下 でんか, denka Korean: ko 전하(殿下) Latvian: lv augstība f Macedonian: mk висо́чество n Norwegian: Bokmål: nb høyhet m f Polish: pl wysokość f Portuguese: pt alteza f Romanian: ro alteță f Russian: ru высо́чество n Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh височа̀нство n Latin: sh visočànstvo n Slovak: sk výsosť f Slovene: sl visočanstvo n Spanish: es alteza f Ukrainian: uk висо́кість f Welsh: cy Uchelder m