countess

English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman cuntesse, Old French contesse, from Latin comitessa.

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Noun

countess (plural countesses)

1. The wife of a count or earl, or the title used by a women who holds the title in her own right.
2. The title used by a female who holds an earldom in her own right.

   Elizabeth Millicent Leveson-Gower is 24th Countess of Sutherland; her son will be the 25th Earl.

Translations

wife of a count or earl

Breton: kontez (br) f. Bulgarian: графиня (bg) (grafínja) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 伯爵夫人 (zh) (bójué fūrén) Czech: hraběnka (cs) f. Danish: grevinde (da) c. Dutch: gravin (nl) f. Finnish: kreivitär (fi) French: comtesse (fr) f. German: Gräfin (de) f. Greek: κόμισσα (el) (kómissa) f. Hawaiian: kauna wahine, kaunakeke Hebrew: רוזנת (he) f. Hungarian: grófnő (hu) Icelandic: greifafrú (is) f., greifynja (is) f., jarlsfrú (is) f.

Italian: contessa (it) f. Japanese: 伯爵婦人 (ja) (はくしゃくふじん, hakushaku fujin) Latin: comitessa (la) f., cometissa (la) f., cometessa (la) f., comitissa (la) f. Macedonian: грофица (mk) (grófica) f. Norwegian: grevinne (no) m. Old French: contesse f. Romanian: contesă (ro) f. Russian: графиня (ru) (grafínja) f. Scottish Gaelic: ban-iarla (gd) f. Slovene: grofica (sl) f. Spanish: condesa (es) f. Swedish: grevinna (sv) c. Turkish: kontes (tr)

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