princesa

See also: Princesa

Aragonese

Etymology

Borrowed from French princesse, from prince + -esse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾinˈθesa/
• IPA^(key): /pɾinˈsesa/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: prin‧ce‧sa
• Rhymes: -esa

Noun

princesa f

1. princess

Related terms

• principe

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from French princesse, from prince + -esse.

Noun

princesa f (plural princeses)

1. princess

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French princesse, from prince + -esse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾinˈsɛ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾinˈsə.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾinˈse.za]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

princesa f (plural princeses)

1. princess

Related terms

• príncep

Further reading

• “princesa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “princesa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “princesa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish princesa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾinˈsesa/, [pɾĩnˈse.sa]
• Hyphenation: prin‧ce‧sa

Noun

princesa

1. princess

Coordinate terms

• principe

Kashubian

Etymology

Etymology tree

German Prinzessbor.

Kashubian princesa

Borrowed from German Prinzess.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prinˈt͡sɛ.sa/
• Rhymes: -ɛsa
• Syllabification: prin‧ce‧sa

Noun

princesa f (male equivalent princ, diminutive princeska)

1. (rare) princess

   Synonym: ksãżnô

Declension

Declension of princesa

	singular	plural
nominative	princesa	princesë
genitive	princesë	princes/princesów
dative	princese	princesóm
accusative	princesã	princesë
instrumental	princesą	princesama
locative	princese	princesach
vocative	princesa/princeso	princesë

Derived terms

adjectives

• princów

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893], “princesa”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “księżna”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “princesa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• princeza (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from French princesse.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾĩˈse.zɐ/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾĩˈse.zɐ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ezɐ
• Hyphenation: prin‧ce‧sa

Noun

princesa f (plural princesas)

1. princess
   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “Duas faces de uma medalha [Two sides of a coin]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 158:

     Ninguem fallava em torno d’ella senão em dinheiro, e no entanto ella, que vivia n’um voluptuoso ninho de princeza de conto de fadas, tinha pelo dinheiro em si o mais soberano desdem.

     No one around her spoke of anything but money, and yet she, who lived in a voluptuous nest like a fairy-tale princess, held the most sovereign disdain for money itself.

   • 1930 February 11, “O perfil politico de Isabel [Isabel’s political profile]”, in Correio da Manhã, volume XXIX, number 10775, Rio de Janeiro, page 4:

     A princeza regente encarou a situação com uma notavel firmeza de animo. A idéa de acabar com a escravidão em nosso paiz era tão firme e tão arraigada no seu espirito, que não exitou^[sic] de a collocar acima da propria conservação do throno, o throno que lhe viria a caber.

     The princess regent faced the situation with remarkable steadfastness of mind. The idea of putting an end to slavery in our country was so firm and so deeply rooted in her spirit that she did not hesitate to place it above even the preservation of the throne itself, the throne that was to be hers.

2. (informal) princess, a beautiful woman

   Você é uma princesa ― You're a beautiful woman!

3. (informal) a young girl; used as a term of endearment

   Oi, princesa! ― Hello, darling!

Related terms

• príncipe
• princeso (informal)

Descendants

• Papiamentu: prinsesa

Further reading

• “princesa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “princesa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /print͡séːsa/

Noun

princẹ̑sa f (male equivalent prȋnc)

1. princess (the daughter of a monarch)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	princésa
gen. sing.	princése
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	princésa	princési	princése
genitive (rodȋlnik)	princése	princés	princés
dative (dajȃlnik)	princési	princésama	princésam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	princéso	princési	princése
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	princési	princésah	princésah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	princéso	princésama	princésami

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French princesse, from prince + -esse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾinˈθesa/ [pɾĩn̟ˈθe.sa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /pɾinˈsesa/ [pɾĩnˈse.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: prin‧ce‧sa

Noun

princesa f (plural princesas)

1. princess

   Synonym: infanta

Derived terms

• Princesa de Asturias
• princesita (diminutive)

Related terms

• príncipe

Descendants

• Chavacano: princesa
• → Basque: printzesa
• → Cebuano: prinsesa
• → Tagalog: prinsesa

Further reading

• “príncipe”, 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