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contessa

UK/kənˈtɛsə/

contessa noun: a countess, often specifically an Italian countess.

Noun

contessa (plural contessas)

  1. A countess, often specifically an Italian countess
    • […] Ms. Boris choreographed a tale about a haughty contessa who tries to seduce a young man with wondrous perfumes.2007 January 8, Jack Anderson, “Ruthanna Boris, Versatile Ballet Russe Dancer, Dies at 88”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021

contessa meaning in Bengali

contessa in Bengali

একজন কাউন্টেস

Forms of contessa

pluralcontessas

Origin of contessa

Borrowed from Italian contessa. Doublet of countess.

Words that rhyme with contessa

Questions about contessa

What does contessa mean?
Contessa means a countess, often specifically an Italian countess.
What is contessa in Bengali?
Contessa in Bengali is একজন কাউন্টেস. See Contessa meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is contessa?
Contessa is a noun.
How do you pronounce contessa?
Contessa is pronounced /kənˈtɛsə/ (UK).
What is the plural of contessa?
The plural of contessa is contessas.

Words near contessa in the dictionary

  1. conterminous United States
  2. conterminously
  3. conterminousness
  4. conterraneous
  5. contes
  6. contessa
  7. contessas
  8. contesseration
  9. contesserations
  10. contest
  11. contest competition

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contessa (page history and authors); contessa (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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