"Your Highness" meaning in English

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Pronoun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Your Highness.wav Forms: Your Highnesses [plural]
Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|plural|Your Highnesses|head=Your Highness}} Your Highness (plural Your Highnesses)
  1. (formal) A title of respect used to address a prince or princess. Tags: formal Translations (a title of respect used to address a prince or princess): سُمُوُّكَ (sumuwwuka) (Arabic), سُمُوُّكِ (sumuwwuki) (Arabic), Sa Altesa [feminine] (Catalan), 殿下 (diànxià) (Chinese Mandarin), Deres Højhed (Danish), Teie Kõrgeausus (Estonian), teidän korkeutenne (Finnish), Votre Altesse [feminine] (French), Ihre Hoheit [feminine] (German), Υψηλότητα (Ypsilótita) (Greek), Sua Altezza (Italian), 殿下 (denka) (alt: でんか) (Japanese), 上様 (uesama) (Japanese), 전하 (jeonha) (alt: 殿下) (Korean), Ва́ше Висо́чество (Váše Visóčestvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), Tōu Whakaritenga (Maori), Vossa Alteza [feminine] (Portuguese), Ва́ше Высо́чество (Váše Vysóčestvo) [neuter] (Russian), Ва́ше Вели́чество (Váše Velíčestvo) [neuter] (Russian), vaša výsosť [feminine] (Slovak), Su Alteza [feminine] (Spanish), Ers Höghet [common-gender] (Swedish), điện hạ (Vietnamese), Eich Uchelder (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Your_Highness-en-pron-84Rla~4P Related terms: Third person (english: Her) [feminine], Third person (english: His) [masculine], Second person (english: Your), Third person (english: Their) [plural], Her Britannic Majesty, His Britannic Majesty, Your Britannic Majesty, Their Britannic Majesties, Her Excellency, His Excellency, Your Excellency, Their Excellencies, Her Highness, His Highness, Their Highnesses, Her Imperial Highness, His Imperial Highness, Your Imperial Highness, Their Imperial Highnesses, Her Imperial Majesty, His Imperial Majesty, Your Imperial Majesty, Their Imperial Majesties, Her Maj, His Maj, Your Maj, Her Majesty, His Majesty, Your Majesty, Their Majesties, Her Royal Highness, His Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness, Their Royal Highnesses, Her Royal Majesty, His Royal Majesty, Your Royal Majesty, Their Royal Majesties, Her Serene Highness, His Serene Highness Disambiguation of 'a title of respect used to address a prince or princess': 98 2
  2. (informal, sarcastic) A sarcastic term of address to anyone who is (or is acting) pompous or bossy. Tags: informal, sarcastic
    Sense id: en-Your_Highness-en-pron-ixEnA8mc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, English terms of address, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 20 80 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 29 71
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      "word": "His Excellency"
    },
    {
      "word": "Your Excellency"
    },
    {
      "word": "Their Excellencies"
    },
    {
      "word": "Her Highness"
    },
    {
      "word": "His Highness"
    },
    {
      "word": "Their Highnesses"
    },
    {
      "word": "Her Imperial Highness"
    },
    {
      "word": "His Imperial Highness"
    },
    {
      "word": "Your Imperial Highness"
    },
    {
      "word": "Their Imperial Highnesses"
    },
    {
      "word": "Her Imperial Majesty"
    },
    {
      "word": "His Imperial Majesty"
    },
    {
      "word": "Your Imperial Majesty"
    },
    {
      "word": "Their Imperial Majesties"
    },
    {
      "word": "Her Maj"
    },
    {
      "word": "His Maj"
    },
    {
      "word": "Your Maj"
    },
    {
      "word": "Her Majesty"
    },
    {
      "word": "His Majesty"
    },
    {
      "word": "Your Majesty"
    },
    {
      "word": "Their Majesties"
    },
    {
      "word": "Her Royal Highness"
    },
    {
      "word": "His Royal Highness"
    },
    {
      "word": "Your Royal Highness"
    },
    {
      "word": "Their Royal Highnesses"
    },
    {
      "word": "Her Royal Majesty"
    },
    {
      "word": "His Royal Majesty"
    },
    {
      "word": "Your Royal Majesty"
    },
    {
      "word": "Their Royal Majesties"
    },
    {
      "word": "Her Serene Highness"
    },
    {
      "word": "His Serene Highness"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English formal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1818, “The Congo Expedition—African Discoveries”, in The Quarterly Review, J. Murray, page 372:",
          "text": "Does your Highness know what became of the other ?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Alexandre Dumas, The Man in the Iron Mask, →ISBN, page 83:",
          "text": "“Yes, madame, since your Highness has deigned to begin, will you deign to finish—”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Aminé (lyrics and music), “Charmander”, in TWOPOINTFIVE:",
          "text": "When I'm up in London, everybody say Your Highness / Not because I'm royal, but because I be the highest",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A title of respect used to address a prince or princess."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal) A title of respect used to address a prince or princess."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English sarcastic terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sarcastic term of address to anyone who is (or is acting) pompous or bossy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sarcastic",
          "sarcastic"
        ],
        [
          "pompous",
          "pompous#English"
        ],
        [
          "bossy",
          "bossy#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, sarcastic) A sarcastic term of address to anyone who is (or is acting) pompous or bossy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "sarcastic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Your Highness.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-Your_Highness.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-Your_Highness.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sumuwwuka",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "word": "سُمُوُّكَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sumuwwuki",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "word": "سُمُوُّكِ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sa Altesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diànxià",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "word": "殿下"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "word": "Deres Højhed"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "word": "Teie Kõrgeausus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "word": "teidän korkeutenne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Votre Altesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ihre Hoheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Ypsilótita",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "word": "Υψηλότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "word": "Sua Altezza"
    },
    {
      "alt": "でんか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "denka",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "word": "殿下"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "uesama",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "word": "上様"
    },
    {
      "alt": "殿下",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeonha",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "word": "전하"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Váše Visóčestvo",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ва́ше Висо́чество"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "word": "Tōu Whakaritenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vossa Alteza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Váše Vysóčestvo",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ва́ше Высо́чество"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Váše Velíčestvo",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ва́ше Вели́чество"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vaša výsosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Su Alteza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Ers Höghet"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "word": "điện hạ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a title of respect used to address a prince or princess",
      "word": "Eich Uchelder"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Your Highness"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Your Highness meaning in English (7.9kB)

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  "subsection": "pronoun",
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  "trace": ""
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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": to fem sg vs. sumuwwuki",
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