mairesse
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From maire (“mayor”) + -esse (“-ess”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mairesse f (plural mairesses, masculine maire)
- (Quebec, Switzerland) female equivalent of maire; A mayoress, female mayor
- (obsolete) the wife of a mayor
Further reading
[edit]- “mairesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
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- French 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:French/ɛs
- French terms with audio pronunciation
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- French feminine nouns
- Quebec French
- Swiss French
- French female equivalent nouns
- French terms with obsolete senses
- French terms suffixed with -esse (female)
- French terms suffixed with -esse (wife)
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