comtessa

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /komˈtə.sə/

(Central) IPA^(key): /kumˈtɛ.sə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /komˈte.sa/
Rhymes: -ɛsa
Hyphenation: com‧tes‧sa

Noun

comtessa f (plural comtesses, masculine comte)

countess

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