majesty
UK/ˈmæd͡ʒ.əs.ti//ˈmæd͡ʒ.ə.sti/
majesty noun: the quality of being impressive, great, dignified, powerful, sovereign, or any combination thereof.
Noun
majesty (countable and uncountable, plural majesties)
- The quality of being impressive, great, dignified, powerful, sovereign, or any combination thereof.
- the majesty of the Great Pyramids
Pronoun capitalized: Majesty
Majesty (plural Majesties)
- a term of address for royalty and imperiality
- His/Her/Your Majesty
majesty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
majesty in Hindi
- the quality of being impressive and great
- महिमा mahimā
majesty in Tamil
- மாட்சிமை, கம்பீரம், மிடுக்கு
majesty in Marathi
- majesty, opulence
- ऐश्वर्य aiśvarya
- majesty
- वैभव vaibhav
majesty in Urdu
- عظمت, دبدبہ, جلال, شکوہ, سطوت
More languagesFewer languages
- majesty in Bengali
- মহিমা, রাজকীয় মর্যাদা, মহামান্য
- majesty in Malayalam
- പ്രതാപം, തിരുമേനി, രാജപ്രൗഡി, മഹത്വം
- majesty in Kannada
- ಹಿರಿಮೆ, ಗೌರವ, ಘನತೆ, ದೊಡ್ಡ ಅಂತಸ್ತು
- majesty in Odia
- ଐଶ୍ୱର୍ଯ୍ୟ aiśwarjya, ସମ୍ପତ୍ତି sampatti
- majesty in Sanskrit
- द्युम्न dyumna
- majesty in Tagalog
- kadakilaan
- majesty in Arabic
- جَلَالَة jalāla
- majesty in Persian
- شکوه šokuh
- Sindhi
- عظمت azmat
Examples of majesty in a sentence
- Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
- Lese majesty used to be a high crime, for which royal or imperial courts often put offenders to death.
- The queen appeared in resplendent majesty.
Forms of majesty
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | majesties |
| alternative form | maiesty |
| alternative form (obsolete) | majestie |
| alternative contraction (obsolete) | majty |
| alternative contraction (obsolete) | maᵗⁱᵉ |
| Pronoun | |
| plural | Majesties |
Origin of majesty
From Middle English majeste, mageste, from Old French majesté, from Latin maiestātem, (literally, "the quality of being greater”). Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”) See mega-.
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”).
Words formed from majesty
Phrases with majesty
- leze majesty
- Her Royal Majesty
- His Royal Majesty
- plurals of majesty
- Your Royal Majesty
- guest of Her Majesty
- Her Imperial Majesty
- His Imperial Majesty
- guests of Her Majesty
- Her Britannic Majesty
- His Britannic Majesty
- Your Imperial Majesty
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Questions about majesty
- What does majesty mean?
- Majesty means the quality of being impressive, great, dignified, powerful, sovereign, or any combination thereof.
- What is majesty in Hindi?
- Majesty in Hindi is महिमा (mahimā). See Majesty meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is majesty?
- Majesty can be a noun or a pronoun.
- How do you pronounce majesty?
- Majesty is pronounced /ˈmæd͡ʒ.əs.ti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of majesty?
- The plural of majesty is majesties.
Words near majesty in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: majesty (page history and authors); Majesty (page history and authors); majesty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ऐश्वर्य (Marathi) (page history and authors); majesty (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Majesty (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); majesty (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); majesty (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଐଶ୍ୱର୍ଯ୍ୟ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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