Highness

See also: highness

English

Etymology

A translation of the Italian altezza

Noun

Highness (plural Highnesses)

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

Usage notes

(both senses): The style is typically used with a possessive pronoun: Your Highness, Their Highnesses, et al.

Synonyms

(obsolete: style of emperor or king): Majesty (current)

Derived terms

HRH
Royal Highness

Translations

form of address

Chinese:
Mandarin: 殿下 (zh) (diànxià), 閣下 (zh), 阁下 (zh) (géxià)
Czech: Výsost f
Dutch: hoogheid (nl) f
Erzya: сэрейчи (serejči)
Esperanto: alteco
Finnish: ylhäisyys (fi)
French: altesse (fr) f
German: Hoheit (de) f
Greek: Υψηλότατος m (Ypsilótatos), Υψηλοτάτη f (Ypsilotáti)

Japanese: 殿下 (でんか, denka)
Korean: 전하 (ko) (jeonha)
Latvian: augstība f
Portuguese: alteza (pt) f
Romanian: alteță (ro) f
Russian: высо́чество (ru) n (vysóčestvo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: височанство n

Roman: visočanstvo (sh) n
Spanish: alteza (es) f

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