countess
The wife of a count or earlThe wife of a count or earl.
» The countess squeezed his hand gently.
Графиня нежно сжала его руку.
Meaning
2 sensesThe wife of a count or earl.
Gräfin
графи́няgrafínja
графи́няhrafýnja
female equivalent of a count or earl
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 sentencesThe countess squeezed his hand gently.
ruГрафиня нежно сжала его руку.
The countess agrees with all these conditions.
The countess seemed surprised.
ruГрафиня казалась удивлённой.
I'm not a countess.
ruЯ не графиня.
Countess, you are charming.
ruГрафиня, Вы обворожительны.
Translations
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Origin
From Anglo-Norman cuntesse, Old French contesse, from Latin comitissa; equivalent to countFrom Anglo-Norman cuntesse, Old French contesse, from Latin comitissa; equivalent to count + -ess. Doublet of contessa.
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