comtessa

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin comitissa. By surface analysis, comte (“count”) +‎ -essa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [kumˈtɛ.sə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [komˈtə.sə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [komˈte.sa]
  • Rhymes: -ɛsa
  • Hyphenation: com‧tes‧sa

Noun

comtessa f (plural comtesses, masculine comte, masculine plural comtes)

  1. countess
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