abadessa

Inherited from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissa (“abbess”), from Latin abbas (“abbot”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βəˈðɛ.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bəˈðə.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.baˈðe.sa]

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• Rhymes: -ɛsa
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧des‧sa

abadessa f (plural abadesses, masculine abat, masculine plural abats)

1. abbess

• “abadessa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “abadessa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• abbadessa

• IPA^(key): /a.baˈdes.sa/
• Rhymes: -essa
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧dés‧sa

abadessa f (plural abadesse, masculine abate)

1. (archaic) alternative form of badessa

• abadessa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

From Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissa (“abbess”), from Latin abbātem (“abbot”) + -issa (“-ess”).

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.ˈde.s̺a/

abadessa f (plural abadessas)

1. abbess (female superior of a nunnery or convent)

• abade
• abadia

• Galician: abadesa
• Portuguese: abadessa

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese abadessa, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissa (“abbess”), from Latin abbātem (“abbot”).

• abadêssa (pre-reform spelling)
• abbadessa (pre-standardization spelling)

• Rhymes: -esɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧des‧sa

abadessa f (plural abadessas)

1. abbess (female superior of a nunnery); female equivalent of abade

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• abbadessa (obsolete)

• Rhymes: -ɛsɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧des‧sa

abadessa

1. inflection of abadessar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative