marquesa
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From marquès (“marquess”) + -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Central) [mərˈkɛ.zə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [mərˈkə.zə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [maɾˈke.za]
- Rhymes: -ɛza
Noun[edit]
marquesa f (plural marqueses)
- female equivalent of marquès
- a marchioness (the wife of a marquis)
Usage notes[edit]
- As with many female noble titles, this term can mean either a woman who holds such a title in her own right, or the wife of a man who holds the equivalent male title.
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ezɐ
- Hyphenation: mar‧que‧sa
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from French marquise.[1][2]
Noun[edit]
marquesa f (plural marquesas)
- Alternative form of marquise
- examination table
Etymology 2[edit]
From marquês (“marquess”) + -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).
Noun[edit]
marquesa f (plural marquesas)
- female equivalent of marquês, marchioness (wife of a marquess)
References[edit]
- ^ “marquesa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “marquesa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From marqués (“marquess”) + -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix); compare French marquise.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
marquesa f (plural marquesas)
- female equivalent of marqués (“marchioness”)
Noun[edit]
marquesa f (plural marquesas)
Further reading[edit]
- “marquesa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Catalan terms suffixed with -esa
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Catalan/ɛza
- Rhymes:Catalan/ɛza/3 syllables
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- Catalan countable nouns
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- ca:Nobility
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ezɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ezɐ/3 syllables
- Portuguese terms borrowed from French
- Portuguese terms derived from French
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -esa
- Portuguese female equivalent nouns
- Spanish terms suffixed with -esa
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/esa
- Rhymes:Spanish/esa/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
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- Chilean Spanish
- es:Nobility