English Explanatory Dictionary

highness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The state of being high.
A title of respect when referring to a prince or princess.

noun

The style of a prince, princess or someone of equivalent rank.
The style of an emperor or king.

Pronunciation

/ˈhaɪnəs/ en-us-highness.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Highness.wav

Word forms

highness highnesses highnesse 'ighness

Etymology

From Middle English hyghnesse; equivalent to high + -ness.

Synonyms

Majesty

Derived words

Her Serene Highness His Serene Highness HRH Imperial Highness Royal Highness Your Serene Highness

Translations

Arabic: سُمُوّ Arabic: سُمُوَّة Belarusian: высо́касць Bulgarian: висо́чество Catalan: altesa Chinese Mandarin: 殿下 Chinese Mandarin: 閣下 /阁下 Czech: výsost Danish: højhed Dutch: hoogheid Erzya: сэрейчи Esperanto: alteco Finnish: ylhäisyys French: altesse German: Hoheit Greek: Υψηλότατος Greek: Υψηλοτάτη Italian: altezza Japanese: 殿下 Korean: 전하 Latvian: augstība Macedonian: висо́чество Norwegian Bokmål: høyhet Polish: wysokość Portuguese: alteza Romanian: alteță Russian: высо́чество Serbo-Croatian: височа̀нство Serbo-Croatian: visočànstvo Slovak: výsosť Slovene: visočanstvo Spanish: alteza Ukrainian: висо́кість Welsh: Uchelder

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