majesté

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin māiestātem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʒɛs.te/

• Audio; “la majesté”:

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Noun

majesté f (plural majestés)

1. majesty (greatness)
2. majesty (quality of being majestic)
3. majesty (title of a sovereign)

Derived terms

• lèse-majesté
• nous de majesté
• Sa Majesté
• Votre Majesté

Related terms

• majestueux

Descendants

• → Turkish: majeste

Further reading

• “majesté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• jetâmes

Old French

Noun

majesté oblique singular, f (oblique plural majestez, nominative singular majesté, nominative plural majestez)

1. majesty; majesticness