viscount

English

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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman viscounte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes. Equivalent to vice- + count.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvaɪkaʊnt/
• enPR: vīʹkount

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Noun

viscount (plural viscounts)

1. A member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl.

Translations

a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl

• Armenian: վիկոնտ (hy) (vikont), դերկոմս (hy) (derkoms)
• Breton: beskont (br) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 子爵 (cmn) (zǐjué)

• Czech: vikomt (cs) m
• Dutch: burggraaf (nl) m
• Esperanto: vicgrafo (eo)
• Finnish: varakreivi (fi)
• French: vicomte (fr) m
• German: Vicomte (de) m

• Greek: υποκόμης (el) (ypokómi̱s) m
• Icelandic: vísigreifi (is) m
• Japanese: 子爵 (ja) (ししゃく, shishaku)
• Khmer: ហ្លួង (km) (luəng)
• Polish: wicehrabia (pl) m
• Portuguese: visconde (pt) m
• Romanian: viconte (ro) m
• Russian: виконт (ru) (vikónt) m
• Spanish: vizconde (es)