Word.ws English Dictionary

Plural of abbess

regular plural

The plural of abbess is abbesses.

Forms of abbess

Singularabbess /ˈæb.ɪs/
Pluralabbesses
Countablecountable

Meaning of abbess

  1. noun A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks.
  2. noun A woman who runs a brothel; a woman employed by a prostitute to find clients.

Full definition of abbess

Questions about the plural of abbess

What is the plural of abbess?
The plural of abbess is abbesses.
Is abbess countable?
Abbess is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: abbess (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this page: “Plural of abbess.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/plural/abbess. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.