duchesse

See also: duchêsse

English

Noun

duchesse

1. duchesse lace

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy.ʃɛs/

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Noun

duchesse f (plural duchesses)

1. duchess

Related terms

• duc

Further reading

• “duchesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

duchesse f

1. plural of duchessa

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• duches, duchez, duchasse, douches, dewchesse, dochesse, dwchesse, dukes

Etymology

From Old French duchesse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdutʃɛs(ə)/

Noun

duchesse (plural duchesses)

1. duchess (female ruler)
2. duchess (wife of a duke)
3. female noble, lady

Related terms

• duke

Descendants

• English: duchess
• Scots: duches

References

• “duches(se (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.

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Old French

Noun

duchesse oblique singular, f (oblique plural duchesses, nominative singular duchesse, nominative plural duchesses)

1. duchess

Descendants

• → Middle English: duchesse
  • English: duchess
• French: duchesse