infanta

See also: Infanta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish infanta, Portuguese infanta, feminine of infante.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈfantə/

Noun

infanta (plural infantas)

  1. A daughter of a king in Spain and Portugal. [from 17th c.]
    • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 40:
      It was a dispatch intended specifically to communicate a sense of closure to the Spanish monarchs, to show that England possessed a dynasty fit for an infanta of Spain.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

infanta f (plural infantes)

  1. infant, girl

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈfan.ta/
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Hyphenation: in‧fàn‧ta

Verb

infanta

  1. inflection of infantare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Etymology

Feminine of infante.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ĩˈfɐ̃.tɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ

Noun

infanta f (plural infantas)

  1. princess, infanta (the daughter of a king in Spain and Portugal)

Spanish

Etymology

Feminine of infante.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈfanta/ [ĩɱˈfãn̪.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Syllabification: in‧fan‧ta

Noun

infanta f (plural infantas)

  1. princess
    Synonym: princesa

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