Highness

See also: highness

English

Etymology

Calque of Italian altezza, from Late Latin altitia, from altus +‎ -itia, equivalent to high +‎ -ness. See highness for formation of the English term.

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

Arabic: سُمُوّ (ar) m (sumuww), سُمُوَّة f (sumuwwa)
Belarusian: высо́касць f (vysókascʹ)
Bulgarian: висо́чество n (visóčestvo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 殿下 (zh) (diànxià), 閣下／阁下 (zh) (géxià)
Czech: výsost f
Danish: højhed c
Dutch: hoogheid (nl) f
Erzya: сэрейчи (seŕejči)
Esperanto: alteco
Finnish: ylhäisyys (fi)
French: altesse (fr) f
German: Hoheit (de) f
Greek: Υψηλότατος (el) m (Ypsilótatos), Υψηλοτάτη (el) f (Ypsilotáti)
Italian: altezza (it) f
Japanese: 殿下 (ja) (でんか, denka)
Korean: 전하(殿下) (ko) (jeonha)
Latvian: augstība f
Macedonian: висо́чество n (visóčestvo)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: høyhet m or f
Polish: wysokość (pl) f
Portuguese: alteza (pt) f
Romanian: alteță (ro) f
Russian: высо́чество (ru) n (vysóčestvo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: височа̀нство n

Roman: visočànstvo (sh) n
Slovak: výsosť f
Slovene: visočanstvo n
Spanish: alteza (es) f
Ukrainian: висо́кість (uk) f (vysókistʹ)

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