Meanings
plural Your Majesties
- formalA term of address used in direct address to a monarch of higher rank than a prince, such as a king, queen, emperor, or empress.
Your Majesty may do as your Majesty will with your Majesty's ships.
1926, H. W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, page 3392 more examples
Knowing, as Lord Aberdeen does, that no political object is in view, he would feel ashamed to advise your Majesty to do anything at variance with that sympathy which your Majesty has been careful to keep within the bounds of prudence and moderation.
1911 [1854], “The Earl of Aberdeen to Queen Victoria, 17th January 1854”, in A. C. Benson, Viscount Esher, editors, The Letters of Queen Victoria, volume 3, page 7I have heard that Your Majesty wishes to have the great burial on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month and that the court has sent its commissioner to supervise the tomb work.
1991 [1063 CE], Patricia Buckley Ebrey, quoting Sima Guang, “Combating Heterodoxy and Vulgarity in Weddings and Funerals”, in Confucianism and Family Rituals in Imperial China: A Social History of Writing about Rites, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 72
plural Your Majesties · alternative third person His Majesty · alternative third person Her Majesty
- formalyou (in direct address to such a monarch)
All our service, In every point twice done and then double done, Were poor and single business to contend Against whose honors deep and broad wherewith Your Majesty loads our house.
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi]1 more example
“Sire,” said Villefort, “the rapidity of the event must prove to your majesty that God alone can prevent it, by raising a tempest; what your majesty is pleased to attribute to me as profound perspicacity is simply owing to chance; and I have profited by that chance, like a good and devoted servant—that's all. Do not attribute to me more than I deserve, sire, that your majesty may never have occasion to recall the first opinion you have been pleased to form of me.”
c. 1845, Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte-Cristo, page 59
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Arabic جَلَالَتُكَ, جَلَالَتُكِ
- جَلَالَتُكَ (jalālatuka)term of address
- جَلَالَتُكِ (jalālatuki)term of address
Bengali মহামহিম
- মহামহিম (mohamohim)term of address
Bulgarian Ва́ше Вели́чество
- Ва́ше Вели́чество (Váše Velíčestvo)term of address
Catalan Sa Majestat
- Sa Majestatterm of address
Chinese Mandarin 陛下, 萬歲 /万岁
- 陛下 (bìxià)term of address
- 萬歲 /万岁 (wànsuì)term of address
Czech Vaše Veličenstvo
- Vaše Veličenstvoterm of address
Danish Deres Majestæt
- Deres Majestætterm of address
Dutch Uwe Majesteit
- Uwe Majesteitterm of address
Esperanto Via Reĝa Moŝto, Via Reĝa Moŝtino
- Via Reĝa Moŝtoterm of address
- Via Reĝa Moŝtinoterm of address
- Via Imperiala Moŝtoterm of address
- Via Imperiala Moŝtinoterm of address
Estonian Teie Majesteet
- Teie Majesteetterm of address
Finnish Teidän Majesteettinne
- Teidän Majesteettinneterm of address
French Votre Majesté, sire
- Votre Majestéterm of address
- sireterm of address
German Eure Majestät, Euer Majestät
- Eure Majestätterm of address
- Euer Majestätterm of address
Greek Μεγαλειότατε, Μεγαλειοτάτη
- Μεγαλειότατε (Megaleiótate)term of address
- Μεγαλειοτάτη (Megaleiotáti)term of address
Hebrew הוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ
- הוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ (hod malchutó)term of address
Hindi महाराज, महारानी
- महाराज (mahārāj)term of address
- महारानी (mahārānī)term of address
Hungarian Őfelsége
- Őfelségeterm of address
Icelandic Yðar Hátign
- Yðar Hátignterm of address
Indonesian Yang Mulia
- Yang Muliaterm of address
Irish do mhaorga
- do mhaorgaterm of address
Italian Sua Maestà, Vostra Maestà
- Sua Maestàterm of address
- Vostra Maestàterm of address
Japanese 陛下
- 陛下 (heika)term of address
Korean 폐하, 마마
- 폐하 (pyeha)term of address
- 마마 (mama)term of address
Latin Maiestas Tua
- Maiestas Tuaterm of address
Malay Tuanku, tuanku
- Tuankuterm of address
- tuankuterm of address
Māori Tōu Whakaritenga
- Tōu Whakaritengaterm of address
Norwegian Deres Majestet
- Deres Majestetterm of address
Polish Wasza Wysokość
- Wasza Wysokośćterm of address
Portuguese Vossa Majestade
- Vossa Majestadeterm of address
Romanian Majestatea Voastră
- Majestatea Voastrăterm of address
Russian госуда́рь, Ва́ше Вели́чество
- госуда́рь (gosudárʹ)term of address
- Ва́ше Вели́чество (Váše Velíčestvo)term of address
Scottish Gaelic Ur Mhòrachd
- Ur Mhòrachdterm of address
Slovak Vaše Veličenstvo
- Vaše Veličenstvoterm of address
Spanish Su Majestad
- Su Majestadterm of address
Swedish ers majestät, Eders Majestät
- ers majestätterm of address
- Eders Majestätterm of address
Tamil உமது கம்பீரம்
- உமது கம்பீரம் (umatu kampīram)term of address
Turkish Majesteleri
- Majesteleriterm of address
Ukrainian Ва́ша Вели́чність
- Ва́ша Вели́чність (Váša Velýčnistʹ)term of address
Vietnamese bệ hạ
- bệ hạterm of address
Welsh Eich Mawrhydi
- Eich Mawrhyditerm of address
Cite this entry
Your Majesty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Your%20Majesty
“Your Majesty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Your%20Majesty. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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