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comtesse

comtesse noun: a French countess.

Noun (1)

comtesse (plural comtesses)

  1. A French countess.
    • The king is impatient to see the comtesse, and I have promised that she will sup with him to-morrow evening in my apartment at Versailles.1830, Autobiography: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever Published, Written by the Parties Themselves. […], volume XXIX (Madame du Barri), London: Whittaker, Treacher, and...
    • ‘Louise Victoria is a comtesse?’ murmured the major. […] You’ll agree, I think, Madame Dupont, that some young ladies are to be cherished, whether they’re comtesses or not?1982, Mary Jane Staples, Nurse Anna’s War, Corgi Books, published 2011, →ISBN, page 143

Noun (2) capitalized: Comtesse

Comtesse (plural Comtesses)

  1. A title for a French countess

Forms of comtesse

pluralcomtesses
pluralComtesses

Origin of comtesse

Borrowed from French comtesse.

Questions about comtesse

What does comtesse mean?
Comtesse means a French countess.
What part of speech is comtesse?
Comtesse is a noun.
What is the plural of comtesse?
The plural of comtesse is comtesses.

Words near comtesse in the dictionary

  1. comtal
  2. comte
  3. Comtean
  4. comtech
  5. comtes
  6. comtesse
  7. comtesses
  8. Comtian
  9. Comtism
  10. Comtist
  11. Comtists

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