duquesa

Galician

Etymology

From duque (“duke”) +‎ -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duˈkesa/ [d̪uˈke.s̺ɐ]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Hyphenation: du‧que‧sa

Noun

duquesa f (plural duquesas)

1. female equivalent of duque (“duchess”)

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “duquesa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “duquesa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “duquesa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “duquesa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

From duque (“duke”) +‎ -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /duˈke.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /duˈke.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /duˈke.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈke.zɐ/

• Rhymes: -ezɐ
• Hyphenation: du‧que‧sa

Noun

duquesa f (plural duquesas)

1. duchess (female spouse or widow of a duke)
2. duchess (female ruler of a duchy)

Further reading

• “duquesa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “duquesa”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “duquesa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “duquesa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “duquesa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “duquesa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From duque (“duke”) +‎ -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duˈkesa/ [d̪uˈke.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: du‧que‧sa

Noun

duquesa f (plural duquesas, masculine duque, masculine plural duques)

1. duchess

Further reading

• “duque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025