abadesa

Borrowed from Spanish abadesa.

• IPA^(key): /abades̺a/ [a.β̞a.ð̞e.s̺a]

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• Rhymes: -es̺a, -a
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧de‧sa

abadesa anim

1. abbess

• “abadesa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “abadesa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

• abadesha (Lagarteiru, Mañegu)

Probably borrowed from Spanish abadesa.

• IPA^(key): /abaˈdesa/
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧de‧sa

abadesa f (plural abadesas, masculine abad, masculine plural abadis)

1. (Valverdeñu) abbess, female equivalent of abad (“abbot”)

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 36

• abadessa (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese abadessa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissā (“abbess”), from Latin abbātem (“abbot”) + -issa (“-ess”).

• IPA^(key): /abaˈdesa/ [a.β̞aˈð̞e.s̺ɐ]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧de‧sa

abadesa f (plural abadesas)

1. abbess (female superior of a nunnery or convent)

• abade
• abadía

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “abadessa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “abadessa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abadesa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abadesa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• “abadesa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Borrowed from Spanish abadesa.

• IPA^(key): /ʔabaˈdesa/ [ʔa.baˈde.sa]

abadesa

1. abbess

Inherited from Old Spanish abbadesa, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbatissa, from Latin abbas (“abbot”).

• IPA^(key): /abaˈdesa/ [a.β̞aˈð̞e.sa]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧de‧sa

abadesa f (plural abadesas)

1. abbess (female superior of a nunnery or convent)

• → Basque: abadesa
• → Hiligaynon: abadesa
• → Tagalog: abadesa

• “abad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from Spanish abadesa, from Old Spanish abbadesa, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissa, from Latin abbās (“abbot”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabaˈdesa/ [ʔɐ.bɐˈd̪ɛː.sɐ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧de‧sa

abadesa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜇᜒᜐ) (Christianity)

1. abbess

   Synonym: abad

• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 1