landgrave
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From German Landgraf, itself from Land (“land, territory, principality”) + Graf (“count”).
Noun
landgrave (plural landgraves)
- (historical) One holding a specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.
- County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
renderings of Landgraf
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county nobleman in the British colony Carolina
References
- “landgrave” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
landgrave m (plural landgraves)
Further reading
- “landgrave”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from German Landgraf.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌlɐ̃d͡ʒˈɡɾa.vi/, /ˌlɐ̃.d͡ʒiˈɡɾa.vi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌlɐ̃d͡ʒˈɡɾa.ve/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌlɐ̃.dɨˈɡɾa.vɨ/ [ˌlɐ̃.dɨˈɣɾa.vɨ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌlɐ̃.dɨˈɡɾa.bɨ/ [ˌlɐ̃.dɨˈɣɾa.βɨ]
- Hyphenation: land‧gra‧ve
Noun
landgrave m (plural landgraves, feminine landgravina, feminine plural landgravinas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “landgrave”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /landˈɡɾabe/ [lãn̪d̪ˈɣ̞ɾa.β̞e]
- Rhymes: -abe
- Syllabification: land‧gra‧ve
Noun
landgrave m (plural landgraves)
Further reading
- “landgrave”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024