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Plural of countess

regular plural

The plural of countess is countesses.

Forms of countess

Singularcountess /ˈkaʊntɪs/
Pluralcountesses
Countablecountable

Countesses in a sentence

  • The countesses’ husbands were generally quite lavish.From the entry -'

Meaning of countess

  1. noun The wife of a count or earl.
  2. noun A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.

Full definition of countess

Questions about the plural of countess

What is the plural of countess?
The plural of countess is countesses.
Is countess countable?
Countess is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: countess (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.

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