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countess

/ˈkaʊntɪs/

countess noun: the wife of a count or earl.

Noun (1)

countess (plural countesses)

  1. The wife 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.
    Synonyms:
    earless

Noun (2) capitalized: Countess

Countess (plural Countesses)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of countess.

countess meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

countess in Hindi

काउंटेस, कौंटेस

countess in Tamil

கவுண்டெஸ், கவுன்டெஸ்

countess in Marathi

wife of a count or earl
काउन्टेस kāunṭes

countess in Bengali

কাউন্টেস
More languagesFewer languages
countess in Kannada
ಕೌಂಟೆಸ್, ಕೌಂಟೇಸ್
countess in Punjabi
ਕਾਊਂਟੇਸ, ਕਾਉਂਟੇਸ
countess in Gujarati
કાઉન્ટેસ
countess in Odia
କାଉଣ୍ଟେସ୍, କାଉଣ୍ଟେସ
countess in Nepali
काउन्टेस
countess in Tagalog
kondesa
countess in Vietnamese
bá tước phu nhân

Examples of countess in a sentence

  • The queen was pleased to accept the countess into her household as a lady-in-waiting.
  • The offended countess swept out of the ballroom.
  • The countesses’ husbands were generally quite lavish.

All 14 example sentences with countess

Synonyms of countess

Forms of countess

pluralcountesses
alternative formCountess
pluralCountesses

Plural of countess: countesses

Origin of countess

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

Words formed from countess

Questions about countess

What does countess mean?
Countess means the wife of a count or earl.
What is countess in Hindi?
Countess in Hindi is काउंटेस, कौंटेस. See Countess meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is countess?
Countess is a noun.
How do you pronounce countess?
Countess is pronounced /ˈkaʊntɪs/.
What is the plural of countess?
The plural of countess is countesses.

Words near countess in the dictionary

  1. counterworking
  2. counterworks
  3. counterworld
  4. counterworlds
  5. countes
  6. countess
  7. Countess Wear
  8. countesse
  9. countesses
  10. countessly
  11. countest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: countess (page history and authors); Countess (page history and authors); countess (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); countess (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); countess (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); countess (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); countess (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); countess (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); countess (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); countess (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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