princesa

Borrowed from French princesse, from prince + -esse.

• IPA^(key): /pɾinˈθesa/
• IPA^(key): /pɾinˈsesa/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: prin‧ce‧sa
• Rhymes: -esa

princesa f

1. princess

• principe

Borrowed from French princesse, from prince + -esse.

princesa f (plural princeses)

1. princess

Borrowed from French princesse, from prince + -esse.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾinˈsɛ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾinˈsə.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾinˈse.za]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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princesa f (plural princeses)

1. princess

• príncep

• “princesa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “princesa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “princesa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Spanish princesa.

• IPA^(key): /pɾinˈsesa/, [pɾĩnˈse.sa]
• Hyphenation: prin‧ce‧sa

princesa

1. princess

• principe

Borrowed from German Prinzessin.

• IPA^(key): /prinˈt͡sɛ.sa/
• Rhymes: -ɛsa
• Syllabification: prin‧ce‧sa

princesa f (male equivalent princ, diminutive princeska)

1. (rare) princess

   Synonym: ksãżnô

• Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “princesa”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “księżna”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “princesa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Borrowed from French princesse, from príncipe (“prince”) +‎ -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

• Audio (Northern Portugal):

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• Rhymes: -ezɐ
• Hyphenation: prin‧ce‧sa

princesa f (plural princesas)

1. princess
2. (informal) princess, a beautiful woman

   Você é uma princesa ― You're a beautiful woman!

3. (informal) a young girl; used as a term of endearment

   Oi, princesa! ― Hello, darling!

• príncipe
• princeso (informal)

• IPA^(key): /print͡séːsa/

princẹ̑sa f (male equivalent prȋnc)

1. princess (the daughter of a monarch)

Borrowed from French princesse, from prince + -esse.

• IPA^(key): /pɾinˈθesa/ [pɾĩn̟ˈθe.sa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /pɾinˈsesa/ [pɾĩnˈse.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: prin‧ce‧sa

princesa f (plural princesas)

1. princess

   Synonym: infanta

• > Chavacano: princesa (inherited)
• → Cebuano: prinsesa
• → Tagalog: prinsesa

• “príncipe”, 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