English
Etymology
From Middle English baronesse; equivalent to baron + -ess.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌbæ.ɹəˈnɛs/
Noun
baroness (plural baronesses)
- The wife of a baron.
- A woman holding a baronial title in her own right; a female ruler of a barony.
Hyponyms
Translations
female ruler of a barony
- Albanian: baroneshë (sq) f
- Armenian: բարոնուհի (baronuhi)
- Asturian: baronesa (ast) f
- Catalan: baronessa (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 男爵夫人 (nánjué fūrén), 女性男爵 (nǚxìng nánjué)
- Czech: baronka (cs) f
- Danish: baronesse c
- Dutch: barones (nl) f
- Esperanto: baronino
- Estonian: paruness
- Finnish: vapaaherratar, paronitar (fi)
- French: baronne (fr) f
- Galician: baronesa f
- German: Baronin (de) f, Baronesse f
- Greek: βαρόνη (el) f (varóni)
- Hawaiian: pālona wahine, barona wahine
- Hungarian: bárónő (hu), báróné (hu), baronesz, bárókisasszony (hu)
- Ido: baronino (io), barono (io)
- Irish: banbharún m
- Italian: baronessa (it) f
- Latvian: baronese, brīvkundze
- Lithuanian: baronienė (lt) f
- Macedonian: бароница f (baronica), баронеса f (baronesa)
- Marathi: बॅरनेस f (bĕrnes)
- Norman: bâronne f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: baronesse m or f
- Nynorsk: baronesse f
- Persian: بارونس (bârones)
- Polish: baronessa (pl) f
- Portuguese: baronesa (pt) f
- Russian: бароне́сса (ru) f (baronéssa)
- Sicilian: barunissa f
- Slovak: barónka (sk) f
- Slovene: baronica f
- Spanish: baronesa f
- Swedish: baronessa (sv) c
- Turkish: barones (tr)
- Volapük: jibaonan (vo)
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