viscondessa
Portuguese
Etymology
From visconde (“viscount”) + -essa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /vis.kõˈde.sɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /viʃ.kõˈde.sɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vis.kõˈde.sa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /viʃ.kõˈde.sɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /biʃ.kõˈde.sɐ/
- Rhymes: -esɐ
Noun
viscondessa f (plural viscondessas)
- viscountess (viscount’s wife)
- viscountess (female viscount)
Further reading
- “viscondessa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “viscondessa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026