Majesty

majesty English Etymology From an alternative capitalization of en majesty, from en enm maieste, enm mageste, from en fro majesté, from en la māiestās, derived from en ine-pro *meǵh₂s great. Pronunciation en /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ə.sti/ /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.sti/ UK en /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ə.sti/ US en en-us-majesty.ogg US Pronoun en pronoun plural Majesties 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 en majestic en Her Majesty en His Majesty en Your Majesty Translations term of address for royalty and imperiality Azerbaijani: az Əlahəzrət Belarusian: be вялі́касць f Bulgarian: bg вели́чество n Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 陛下 bìxià Czech: cs veličenstvo n Danish: da majestæt c Dutch: nl majesteit f Erzya: myv отёрчи Esperanto: eo Reĝa Moŝto, eo Reĝa Moŝtino, eo Imperia Moŝto, eo Imperia Moŝtino Finnish: fi majesteetti French: fr majesté f German: de Majestät f Gothic: got 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 m f Japanese: ja 陛下 へいか, heika Korean: ko 폐하(陛下) Macedonian: mk вели́чество n Malay: ms Yang Mulia n Marathi: mr महाराज s p m n neuter used in the plural when referring to the actual king in the third person unless intentionally disrespectful. In the abstract, masculine and singular Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Majestet m Polish: pl wysokość f Portuguese: pt majestade f Russian: ru вели́чество n Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh велича̀нство n Latin: sh veličànstvo n Slovak: sk veličenstvo n Slovene: sl veličanstvo n Spanish: es majestad f Swedish: sv Majestät c Ukrainian: uk вели́чність f Latin: la maiestas, la majestas f Slovak: sk vznešenosť f (1)