"majestic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /məˈd͡ʒɛstɪk/ Audio: En-us-majestic.ogg Forms: more majestic [comparative], most majestic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛstɪk Etymology: From 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 (mecašukʻ) (Armenian), վեհ (veh) (Armenian), վեհապանծ (vehapanc) (Armenian), վսեմ (vsem) (Armenian), փառահեղ (pʻaṙaheġ) (Armenian), горды (hórdy) (Belarusian), শাহানা (śahana) (Bengali), царствен (carstven) (Bulgarian), величествен (veličestven) (Bulgarian), majestuós (Catalan), majestátní (Czech), majestueus (Dutch), majesteitisch (Dutch), majesta (Esperanto), 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)

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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "having splendor or royalty",
      "word": "augustus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "gambhīramāya",
      "sense": "having splendor or royalty",
      "word": "ഗംഭീരമായ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "having splendor or royalty",
      "word": "ard-ooasle"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "having splendor or royalty",
      "word": "royal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having splendor or royalty",
      "word": "majestatyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having splendor or royalty",
      "word": "majestoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "velíčestvennyj",
      "sense": "having splendor or royalty",
      "word": "вели́чественный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having splendor or royalty",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "велича̀нствен"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having splendor or royalty",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "мајестѐтичан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having splendor or royalty",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "veličànstven"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having splendor or royalty",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "majestètičan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having splendor or royalty",
      "word": "majestuoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having splendor or royalty",
      "word": "majestätisk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "majestic"
}

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