"Majesty" meaning in English

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Pronoun

IPA: /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ə.sti/ [UK], /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.sti/ [UK], /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ə.sti/ [US] Audio: en-us-majesty.ogg [US] Forms: Majesties [alternative]
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”). Etymology templates: {{cog|en|majesty}} English majesty, {{inh|en|enm|maieste}} Middle English maieste, {{m|enm|mageste}} mageste, {{der|en|fro|majesté}} Old French majesté, {{der|en|la|māiestās}} Latin māiestās, {{der|en|ine-pro|*meǵh₂s||great}} Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”) Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||Majesties||||||||||||||||head=}} Majesty (Majesties), {{en-pron|Majesties}} Majesty (Majesties)
  1. a term of address for royalty and imperiality Related terms: majestic, Her Majesty, His Majesty, Your Majesty Translations (term of address for royalty and imperiality): вялі́касць (vjalíkascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), вели́чество (velíčestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 陛下 (bìxià) (Chinese Mandarin), veličenstvo [neuter] (Czech), majestæt [common-gender] (Danish), majesteit [feminine] (Dutch), отёрчи (oťorči) (Erzya), Reĝa Moŝto (Esperanto), Reĝa Moŝtino (Esperanto), Imperia Moŝto (Esperanto), Imperia Moŝtino (Esperanto), majesteetti (Finnish), majesté [feminine] (French), Majestät [feminine] (German), 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 (þiudans) [feminine, masculine] (Gothic), 陛下 (heika) (alt: へいか) (Japanese), 폐하 (pyeha) (alt: 陛下) (Korean), вели́чество (velíčestvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), Yang Mulia [neuter] (Malay), Majestet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), wysokość [feminine] (Polish), majestade [feminine] (Portuguese), вели́чество (velíčestvo) [neuter] (Russian), велича̀нство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), veličànstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), veličenstvo [neuter] (Slovak), veličanstvo [neuter] (Slovene), majestad [feminine] (Spanish), Majestät [common-gender] (Swedish), вели́чність (velýčnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "term of address for royalty and imperiality",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вели́чество"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "term of address for royalty and imperiality",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "велича̀нство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "term of address for royalty and imperiality",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "veličànstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "term of address for royalty and imperiality",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "veličenstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "term of address for royalty and imperiality",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "veličanstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "term of address for royalty and imperiality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "majestad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "term of address for royalty and imperiality",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Majestät"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "velýčnistʹ",
      "sense": "term of address for royalty and imperiality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вели́чність"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Majesty"
}

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