contessa
See also: Contessa
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Italian contessa. Doublet of countess.
NounEdit
contessa (plural contessas)
- A countess, often specifically an Italian countess
- 2007, January 8, “Jack Anderson”, in Ruthanna Boris, Versatile Ballet Russe Dancer, Dies at 88[1]:
- […] Ms. Boris choreographed a tale about a haughty contessa who tries to seduce a young man with wondrous perfumes.
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Medieval Latin comitissa.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
contessa f (plural contesse)
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
contessa
- inflection of contessere: