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 Definitions of countess  [ˈkaʊn tɪs]  

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Definition of 'countess' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) countess
the wife or widow of a count in the nobility of continental Europe or of an earl in the British peerage.

2.  countess
a woman having the rank of a count or earl in her own right.

Etymology:  (1125–75; ME c(o)untesse < AF. See count2, -ess)

Definition of 'countess' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) countess
female equivalent of a count or earl


Definition of 'countess' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) countess
the wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count


Translation of 'countess' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the wife or widow of an earl or count.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gravin Arabic flag Arabic: كونتيسا: زوْجَة أو أرمَـل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: контеса
Brazilian flag Brazilian: condessa Czech flag Czech: hraběnka German flag German: die Komtesse
Danish flag Danish: grevinde Greek flag Greek: σύζυγος κόμη, κόμισσα Spanish flag Spanish: condesa
Estonian flag Estonian: krahvinna Farsi flag Farsi: همسر یا بیوۀ کنت Finnish flag Finnish: kreivitär
French flag French: comtesse Hebrew flag Hebrew: רוֹזֶנֶת Hindi flag Hindi: काउंट
Croatian flag Croatian: grofica Hungarian flag Hungarian: grófné Indonesian flag Indonesian: istri atau janda seorang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: greifafrú, greifynja Italian flag Italian: contessa Japanese flag Japanese: 伯爵夫人
Korean flag Korean: 백작 부인(미망인) Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: grafienė Latvian flag Latvian: grāfiene
Malay flag Malay: isteri seorang Count Dutch flag Dutch: gravin Norwegian flag Norwegian: grevinne
Polish flag Polish: hrabina Persian flag Persian: همسر یا بیوۀ کنت Pashto flag Pashto: ماينه، دخان يا مخور ما ين
Portuguese flag Portuguese: condessa Romanian flag Romanian: contesă Russian flag Russian: графиня
Slovak flag Slovak: grófka Slovenian flag Slovenian: grofica Serbian flag Serbian: grofica
Swedish flag Swedish: countess Thai flag Thai: ภรรยาของขุนนาง Turkish flag Turkish: kontes
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 伯爵夫人 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: графиня Urdu flag Urdu: نواب يا امير كى بيگم یا ب
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vợ bá tước Chinese flag Chinese: 伯爵夫人

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