viscount
/ˈvaɪ.kaʊnt/
viscount noun: a member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
Noun (1)
viscount (plural viscounts)
Noun (2) capitalized: Viscount
Viscount (plural Viscounts)
- The title of a viscount.
- On Tuesday the King gave audiences to the Earl of Albemarle, Viscounts Melbourne and Althorp, Lord Hill, and Sir James Graham.1833 February 16, “Court and Fashionable Life. Their Majesties.”, in The Court Journal, number 199, London: […] Henry Colburn. […] W. Thomas, […], page 97, column 1
Proper noun capitalized: Viscount
Viscount
- A surname.
- A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
viscount meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
viscount in Hindi
- विसकाउंट, विसकॉउंट
viscount in Tamil
- பிரபுத்துவ அமைப்பில் ஒரு நிலை, தகுதி
viscount in Marathi
- व्हिसकाउंट, विसकॉउंट, व्हिसकॉउंट
viscount in Urdu
- وسکاؤنٹ, ویسکاؤنٹ, ویسکاونٹ
More languagesFewer languages
- viscount in Bengali
- ভিসকাউন্ট, ভিজকাউন্ট
- viscount in Telugu
- విస్కౌంట్
- viscount in Malayalam
- വിസ്കോണ്ട്, വിസ്കൌണ്ട്
- viscount in Kannada
- ವಿಸ್ಕೌಂಟ್
- viscount in Gujarati
- વિસ્કોન્ટ, વિસ્કાઉન્ટ
- viscount in Odia
- ଭିସକାଉଣ୍ଟ
- viscount in Tagalog
- biskonde
- viscount in Arabic
- فيكونت vīkōnt
- viscount in Persian
- ویکنت vikont
- viscount in Vietnamese
- tử tước
Forms of viscount
| plural | viscounts |
|---|---|
| alternative symbol | V |
| alternative abbreviation | Vis. |
| alternative abbreviation | Visc. |
| alternative contraction | Visct |
| alternative contraction | Vte |
| plural | Viscounts |
Origin of viscount
From Anglo-Norman viscounte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Latin vice + comes. Equivalent to vice- + count. Doublet of vicecomes and vicomte.
Words formed from viscount
Words that rhyme with viscount
Questions about viscount
- What does viscount mean?
- Viscount means a member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
- What is viscount in Hindi?
- Viscount in Hindi is विसकाउंट, विसकॉउंट. See Viscount meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is viscount?
- Viscount can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce viscount?
- Viscount is pronounced /ˈvaɪ.kaʊnt/.
- What is the plural of viscount?
- The plural of viscount is viscounts.
Words near viscount in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: viscount (page history and authors); Viscount (page history and authors); viscount (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); viscount (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); viscount (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); viscount (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); viscount (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); viscount (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); viscount (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); viscount (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); viscount (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); viscount (Odia, 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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