viscountess

English

John Hoppner, Portrait of Harriet, Viscountess Duncannon with Her Sons (1787)

Alternative forms

• V (symbol)
• Vis., Visc., Visct (abbreviations)
• Vtesse (contraction)

Etymology

viscount +‎ -ess

Noun

viscountess (plural viscountesses)

1. The wife of a viscount.
2. A woman holding the rank of viscount in her own right.

   Before his own elevation to an earldom, Disraeli's wife was created Viscountess Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria.

Translations

viscount's wife

• Esperanto: vicgrafino
• Finnish: varakreivitär
• French: vicomtesse (fr) f
• Italian: viscontessa f
• Japanese: 子爵 (ja) (shishaku)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: viscondessa f
• Romanian: vicontesă (ro) f
• Spanish: vizcondesa f
• Tagalog: biskondesa

a woman holding the rank of viscount in her own right

• Esperanto: vicgrafino
• French: vicomtesse (fr) f
• Italian: viscontessa f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 子爵 (ja) (shishaku)
• Manx: lhiass-ven-eearley m
• Portuguese: viscondessa f