lese majesty

See also: lese-majesty

English

Alternative forms

• leze majesty, lèse majesté, lèse-majesté

Etymology

From French lèse-majesté, from Latin laesa maiestās (“injured majesty”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /liz ˈmædʒəsti/

Noun

lese majesty

1. The crime of violating majesty, an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state.

Translations

crime of violating majesty

• Catalan: lesa majestat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大不敬 (zh) (dàbùjìng)

• Dutch: majesteitsschennis (nl) f
• Finnish: majesteettirikos (fi)
• French: lèse-majesté (fr) f
• German: Majestätsbeleidigung (de) f
• Greek: έγκλημα καθοσιώσεως (el) n (égklima kathosióseos)
• Italian: lesa maestà f
• Japanese: 不敬罪 (ja) (fukeizai)
• Khmer: ប្រមាថព្រះចេស្ដា (prɑmaat preah ceɛhsdaa), ការប្រមាថព្រះចេស្ដា (kaa prɑmaat preah ceɛhsdaa), រុងរឿងប្រមាថ (ruŋ-rɨəŋ prɑmaat)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: obraza majestatu (pl)
• Portuguese: lesa-majestade (pt)
• Russian: оскорбле́ние вели́чества n (oskorblénije velíčestva)
• Spanish: lesa majestad f
• Thai: ความผิดต่อองค์พระมหากษัตริย์ (kwaam pìt dtòr ong prá máhăa gàsàt), พิซซ่า (th) (pít-sâa) (slang)
• Vietnamese: khi quân (vi)