"majestic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /məˈd͡ʒɛstɪk/ Audio: En-us-majestic.ogg [US] Forms: more majestic [comparative], most majestic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛstɪk Etymology: majesty + -ic, 1600s. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|majesty|-ic}} majesty + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} majestic (comparative more majestic, superlative most majestic)
  1. Having qualities of splendor or royalty. Synonyms: majestical Derived forms: majestic flap flap, majestic plural, majestic sea flap flap Translations (having splendor or royalty): մեծաշուք (mecašukʿ) (Armenian), վեհ (veh) (Armenian), վեհապանծ (vehapanc) (Armenian), վսեմ (vsem) (Armenian), փառահեղ (pʿaṙaheġ) (Armenian), горды (hórdy) (Belarusian), শাহানা (śahana) (Bengali), царствен (carstven) (Bulgarian), величествен (veličestven) (Bulgarian), majestuós (Catalan), majestátní (Czech), majestueus (Dutch), majesteitisch (Dutch), tignarmikil (Faroese), hátignarligur (Faroese), majesteettinen (Finnish), majestueux (French), maxestoso (Galician), majestätisch (German), fenséges (Hungarian), maestoso (Italian), 荘厳な (alt: そうごん sōgon) (Japanese), 威厳がある (igen) (alt: いげん) (Japanese), augustus (Latin), ഗംഭീരമായ (gambhīramāya) (Malayalam), ard-ooasle (Manx), royal (Middle English), majestatyczny (Polish), majestoso (Portuguese), вели́чественный (velíčestvennyj) (Russian), велича̀нствен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), мајестѐтичан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), veličànstven [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), majestètičan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), majestuoso (Spanish), majestätisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-majestic-en-adj-KKE15TXX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic

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