Meanings
majesty1
plural majesties · alternative obsolete majestie · alternative maiesty · alternative contraction obsolete majty · alternative contraction obsolete maᵗⁱᵉ
- countableuncountableThe quality of being impressive, great, dignified, powerful, sovereign, or any combination thereof.
the majesty of the Great Pyramids
Majesty2
plural Majesties
- a term of address for royalty and imperiality
His/Her/Your Majesty
Synonyms & antonyms
nounimpressiveness in scale or proportion
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
majesty · noun
- Latinmaiestātem
- Old Frenchmajesté
- Middle Englishmajeste
- Englishmajesty
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-.
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Full word history & related roots →Majesty · pronoun
- Proto-Indo-European*meǵh₂s“great”
- Latinmāiestās
- Old Frenchmajesté
- Middle Englishmaieste
- EnglishMajesty
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”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic جَلَالَة
- جَلَالَة (jalāla)the quality of being impressive and great
Bulgarian величие, вели́чество
- величие (veličie)the quality of being impressive and great
- вели́чество (velíčestvo)term of address for royalty and imperiality
Catalan majestat
- majestatthe quality of being impressive and great
Chinese Mandarin 威严, 陛下
- 威严 (wēiyán)the quality of being impressive and great
- 陛下 (bìxià)term of address for royalty and imperiality
Czech majestátnost, veličenstvo
- majestátnostthe quality of being impressive and great
- veličenstvoterm of address for royalty and imperiality
Danish majestæt
- majestætterm of address for royalty and imperiality
Dutch majesteit, majesteit
- majesteitthe quality of being impressive and great
- majesteitterm of address for royalty and imperiality
Esperanto majesto, Reĝa Moŝto
- majestothe quality of being impressive and great
- Reĝa Moŝtoterm of address for royalty and imperiality
- Reĝa Moŝtinoterm of address for royalty and imperiality
- Imperia Moŝtoterm of address for royalty and imperiality
- Imperia Moŝtinoterm of address for royalty and imperiality
Finnish ylhäisyys, majesteettisuus
- ylhäisyysthe quality of being impressive and great
- majesteettisuusthe quality of being impressive and great
- uljausthe quality of being impressive and great
- majesteettiterm of address for royalty and imperiality
French majesté, majesté
- majestéthe quality of being impressive and great
- majestéterm of address for royalty and imperiality
German Majestät, Majestät
- Majestätthe quality of being impressive and great
- Majestätterm of address for royalty and imperiality
Greek μεγαλειότητα
- μεγαλειότητα (megaleiótita)the quality of being impressive and great
Hebrew הוד, הָדָר
- הוד (hod)the quality of being impressive and great
- הָדָר (hadar)the quality of being impressive and great
Hindi महिमा
- महिमा (mahimā)the quality of being impressive and great
Italian maestà
- maestàthe quality of being impressive and great
Japanese 凛々しさ, 壮大さ
- 凛々しさ (ririshisa)the quality of being impressive and great
- 壮大さ (soudaisa)the quality of being impressive and great
- 陛下 (heika)term of address for royalty and imperiality
Korean 폐하, 폐하
- 폐하 (pyeha)the quality of being impressive and great
- 폐하 (pyeha)term of address for royalty and imperiality
Latin māiestās
- māiestāsthe quality of being impressive and great
Malay Yang Mulia
- Yang Muliaterm of address for royalty and imperiality
Norwegian storslagenhet, storslåtthet
- storslagenhetthe quality of being impressive and great
- storslåtthetthe quality of being impressive and great
Norwegian Bokmål Majestet
- Majestetterm of address for royalty and imperiality
Persian شکوه
- شکوه (šokuh)the quality of being impressive and great
Polish majestat, wysokość
- majestatthe quality of being impressive and great
- wysokośćterm of address for royalty and imperiality
Portuguese majestade, majestade
- majestadethe quality of being impressive and great
- majestadeterm of address for royalty and imperiality
Romanian măreție, maiestate
- mărețiethe quality of being impressive and great
- maiestatethe quality of being impressive and great
Russian вели́чество, вели́чество
- вели́чество (velíčestvo)the quality of being impressive and great
- вели́чество (velíčestvo)term of address for royalty and imperiality
Slovak veličenstvo
- veličenstvoterm of address for royalty and imperiality
Spanish majestad, majestad
- majestadthe quality of being impressive and great
- majestadterm of address for royalty and imperiality
Swedish majestät, Majestät
- majestätthe quality of being impressive and great
- Majestätterm of address for royalty and imperiality
Tagalog kadakilaan
- kadakilaanthe quality of being impressive and great
Turkish majeste
- majestethe quality of being impressive and great
Ukrainian вели́чність
- вели́чність (velýčnistʹ)term of address for royalty and imperiality
Welsh mawredd
- mawreddthe quality of being impressive and great
Cite this entry
majesty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/majesty
“majesty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/majesty. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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