Meaning

2 senses
  1. The wife of a count or earl.

    Gräfin

    графи́няgrafínja

    графи́няhrafýnja

    female equivalent of a count or earl

  2. A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.

    Elizabeth Millicent Leveson-Gower is 24th Countess of Sutherland; her son will be the 25th Earl.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. The countess squeezed his hand gently.

    ruГрафиня нежно сжала его руку.

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  2. The countess agrees with all these conditions.

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  3. The countess seemed surprised.

    ruГрафиня казалась удивлённой.

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  4. I'm not a countess.

    ruЯ не графиня.

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  5. Countess, you are charming.

    ruГрафиня, Вы обворожительны.

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Translations

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Origin

From Anglo-Norman cuntesse, Old French contesse, from Latin comitissa; equivalent to count

From Anglo-Norman cuntesse, Old French contesse, from Latin comitissa; equivalent to count + -ess. Doublet of contessa.

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Forms

plural: countesses

Synonyms

1 synonyms
the wife of an earl, a female holder of an earldom:earless

Word family

1 related words
Derivedcountessly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
countess — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto