Meaning of "highness" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF HIGHNESS

highness  [ˈhaɪnɪs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIGHNESS

Highness is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HIGHNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Highness

Highness is a formal style used to address or refer to certain members of a reigning or formerly reigning dynasty. It is typically used with a possessive adjective: "His Highness", "Their Highnesses", etc. Although often combined with other adjectives of honour indicating rank, such as "Imperial", "Royal" or "Serene", it may be used alone. Highness is literally and, historically, the quality of being lofty or above, used as a term to evoke dignity or honour, and to acknowledge the exalted or official high rank of the person so described.

Definition of highness in the English dictionary

The definition of highness in the dictionary is the condition of being high or lofty.

TRANSLATION OF HIGHNESS

Find out the translation of highness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of highness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «highness» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 殿下
• Translator English - Spanish: alteza
• English: highness
• Translator English - Hindi: महारानी
• Translator English - Arabic: السمو
• Translator English - Russian: высочество
• Translator English - Portuguese: Vossa Alteza
• Translator English - Bengali: মাননীয়
• Translator English - French: Altesse
• Translator English - Malay: Tinggi
• Translator English - German: Hoheit
• Translator English - Japanese: 殿下
• Translator English - Korean: 전하 황족, 왕족에 대한 경칭
• Translator English - Javanese: Dhuwur
• Translator English - Vietnamese: manh liệt
• Translator English - Tamil: அதிமேதகு
• Translator English - Marathi: उच्चता
• Translator English - Turkish: yükseklik
• Translator English - Italian: Altezza
• Translator English - Polish: Wysokość
• Translator English - Ukrainian: високість
• Translator English - Romanian: Înălțimea
• Translator English - Greek: υψηλότατε
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Hoogheid
• Translator English - Swedish: highness
• Translator English - Norwegian: høyhet

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGHNESS»

Discover the use of highness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to highness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Royal Highness

Thomas Mann. The two men, the old and young, sat side by side on a slender, hardish sofa with yellow upholstery and wreath-like brass mountings, which stood behind the round table opposite the narrow glass door. The latter opened on to ...

Thomas Mann, 2011

Her Highness and the Bodyguard

Calabrettis marry for duty—but bravo—Calabrettis marry for love MARRY FOR LOVE Marcus is the best man Rhia's ever known, and she's never gotten over their breakup.

Christine Rimmer, 2013

A Letter to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with a ...

Highness involved in this transaction, and n«* eessarily explained ta the Author, were every way worthy of a British Prince, and announced a disposition so fully in unison with the public ieeling, and so decidedly in favour of peace, es to leave ...

W. A. Miles, 1808

Her Highness, My Wife

Women never said no to the dashing Lord Matthew Weston and he never said no to them.

Victoria Alexander, 2009

Her Highness and the Highlander

This is Princess Mercedes’s story… While journeying home from Scotland, Princess Mercedes of Alden’s coach is set upon and her personal guard killed. Barely escaping with her life, she seeks help at a nearby inn.

Tracy Anne Warren, 2012

Courting Her Highness: The Story of Queen Anne

This final novel of the Stuarts from Jean Plaidy weaves larger-than-life characters through a dark maze of intrigue, love, and destruction, with nothing less than the future of the British Empire at stake. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Jean Plaidy, 2011

Highness in Hiding

This story stands as a tribute to the loyalty and staunch courage of the Highland clansfolk. 'Through his imaginative dialogue, he provides a voice for Scotland's heroes' Scotland on Sunday

Nigel Tranter, 2012

Her Royal Highness Woman

Max O'Rell was the pen name of Leon Paul Blouet (1848 - 1903), a French author and journalist whose first book John Bull and his Island was a huge success. He went on to produce many more humorous works and was a popular lecturer.

Max O'Rell, 2010

His Royal Highness, J. Aubrey Whitford

In search of the little lady who swindled him and then stole his heart, J. Aubrey Whitford poses as a relative of Queen Victoria in order to get information out of the residents of a small Kansas town.

Frank Roderus, 1992

The History of the Life and Death of His Most Serene ...

led etnents which his good and' zealous ' service: ' ha' de'metited , his late Highness applYing all the possible cures' he (bold 4 not onely by his commands , hat byhis 'persohal visits; (so ost as his urgent Affai-rs would permit him) to comfort ...

S. Carrington, 1659

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGHNESS»

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KUNA : His Highness PM receives Interior Min. - General - 15/07/2015

KUWAIT, July 15 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received at Seif Palace on ... «Kuwait News Agency, Jul 15»

KUNA : His Highness the Amir receives congratulations cable from …

KUWAIT, July 15 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received on Wednesday a phone call from ... «Kuwait News Agency, Jul 15»

KUNA : His Highness Crown Prince receives Eid greetings from Abu …

KUWAIT, July 16 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received a phone call Wednesday from ... «Kuwait News Agency, Jul 15»

Amiri Diwan conveys His Highness the Amir's Eid Al-Fitr greetings

KUWAIT, July 15 (KUNA) -- The Amiri Diwan conveyed, on Wednesday, Eid Al-Fitr greetings from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah ... «Kuwait News Agency, Jul 15»

His highness the Amir congratulates French Pres. on nat'l day

KUWAIT, July 14, (KUNA) -- His highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent Tuesday a cable to French President ... «Kuwait News Agency, Jul 15»

His Highness Amir returns home after offering condolences over …

KUWAIT, July 12 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and his official delegation have returned home ... «Kuwait News Agency, Jul 15»

His Highness Amir attends Iftar banquet hosted by Saudi King

RIYADH, July 11 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and his official delegation attended an Iftar ... «Kuwait News Agency, Jul 15»

Pardon, Your Royal Highness? Prince Philip drops F-bomb at …

After watching a fly-past over Buckingham Palace of historic Spitfires and Hurricanes, Philip, the Duke of Cambridge and the Earl and Countess ... «TVNZ, Jul 15»

Pardon, Your Royal Highness? - Prince Philip drops the F-bomb

Pardon, Your Royal Highness? - Prince Philip drops the F-bomb. 8 minutes ago. share. Other. Source: Pardon, Your Royal Highness? - Prince Philip drops the ... «TVNZ, Jul 15»

His Highness Amir offers condolences over demise of former Saudi FM

KUWAIT, July 10 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah late on Thursday sent a cable of condolences to ... «Kuwait News Agency, Jul 15»